Cremlingen
Cremlingen | |
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![]() Destedt Castle | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
show Location of Cremlingen within Wolfenbüttel district | |
![]() ![]() Cremlingen | |
Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°ECoordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Wolfenbüttel |
Government | |
• Mayor | Detlef Kaatz (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 12,996 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 38162 |
Dialling codes | 05306 |
Vehicle registration | WF |
Website | www.cremlingen.de |
Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Lehre, Königslutter, Sickte, and Braunschweig. Parts of it are adjacent to the Elm hills.
History[]
From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a concentration camp was established in the quarter Schandelah.[2] The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.
Until its deestablishment in 1974, the municipalities later merged into Cremlingen were part of the district of Braunschweig.
Traffic[]
The municipality has 2 train stations in the towns of Schandelah and Weddel at the railroad from Braunschweig to Magdeburg; Weddel is also served by trains towards Wolfsburg (Weddel loop).
The Federal Highway 1 crosses the municipality from east to west, and since the end of September 2006 Cremlingen has a connection point to the Federal Motorway (Bundesautobahn 39), which offers quick connections both to Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.
Division of the municipality[]
Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of
- Abbenrode
- Cremlingen
- Destedt
- Gardessen
- Hemkenrode
- Hordorf
- Klein Schöppenstedt
- Schandelah
- Schulenrode
- Weddel
Notable places[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Hemkenrode_3.jpg/220px-Hemkenrode_3.jpg)
Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2020.
- ^ The camp is listed as No. 1292 Schandelah, Kreis Braunschweig, in the official German list.
References[]
- Official German list of concentration camps Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos (in German)
External links[]
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- Official website
(in German)
- Municipalities in Lower Saxony
- Wolfenbüttel (district)
- Neuengamme concentration camp