Cremlingen
Cremlingen | |
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Destedt Castle | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Cremlingen within Wolfenbüttel district | |
Cremlingen Cremlingen | |
| Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Wolfenbüttel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Detlef Kaatz[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 12,940 |
| • 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.[3] 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
Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.
See also
Notes
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ 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
- Official website (in German)