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Cremlingen

Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E / 52.24889; 10.65417
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Cremlingen
Municipality
Destedt Castle
Destedt Castle
Coat of arms of Cremlingen
Coat of arms
Location of Cremlingen within Wolfenbüttel district
Wolfenbüttel (district)Lower SaxonySalzgitterBraunschweigHildesheim (district)Goslar (district)Saxony-AnhaltHelmstedt (district)Peine (district)SehldeHeereHaverlahElbeBaddeckenstedtBurgdorfSchladen-WerlaBörßumFlötheCrammeWolfenbüttelOhrumDorstadtHeiningenBörßumHedeperDenkteWittmarKissenbrückRemlingen-SemmenstedtDettumVeltheimSickteEvessenRoklumWinnigstedtVahlbergUehrdeKneitlingenEvessenCremlingenDahlumErkerodeSchöppenstedtunincorporated area
Cremlingen is located in Germany
Cremlingen
Cremlingen
Cremlingen is located in Lower Saxony
Cremlingen
Cremlingen
Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E / 52.24889; 10.65417
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictWolfenbüttel
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Detlef Kaatz[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi)
Elevation
119 m (390 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total13,289
 • Density220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38162
Dialling codes05306
Vehicle registrationWF
Websitewww.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

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Stone monument at the site of the former concentration camp

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

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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

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Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of

  • Abbenrode
  • Cremlingen
  • Destedt
  • Gardessen
  • Hemkenrode
  • Hordorf
  • Klein Schöppenstedt
  • Schandelah
  • Schulenrode
  • Weddel

Notable places

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View from the Elm to the West
Historic farm building in Hemkenrode

Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ The camp is listed as No. 1292 Schandelah, Kreis Braunschweig, in the official German list.

References

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