Seelze is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west of Hanover. Today Seelze mainly plays the role of a bedroom town for commuters working in Hanover.
Seelze | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Seelze within Hanover district  | |
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| Coordinates: 52°23′46″N 09°35′53″E / 52.39611°N 9.59806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hanover |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Alexander Masthoff[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 34,742 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 30926 |
| Dialling codes | 05137, 0511, 05031 |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www.seelze.de |
Division of the town
edit- Seelze (city centre)
- Letter
- Almhorst
- Dedensen
- Lohnde
- Döteberg
- Harenberg
- Gümmer
- Velber
- Kirchwehren
- Lathwehren
Museum
editThe local museum and museum of local history (German: Heimatmuseum Seelze) is situated in a timber-framed building from 1856 at the incorporated district of Letter. Subjects of the museum include history of Seelze and its incorporated villages, history of the integration of German postwar refugees from former German territories that are now a part of Russia and Poland, and history of the Seelze marshalling yard (Rangierbahnhof). About tree times a year special exhibitions are shown. The permanent exhibition shows a shoemaker's workshop from about 1930, a hairdresser's shop from about 1920, a schoolroom of a village from about 1900, and a living room of about 1900.[3]
Transport
editRailway
editSeelze and its subdivisions have three stations on the Hanover S-Bahn network: Letter, Seelze and Dedensen/Gümmer. All are located on the lines S1 and S2.
The Seelze marshalling yard is an important marshalling yard in Germany. It is located on the "Freight train bypass Hanover" (Wunstorf – Lehrte) and has 51 classification tracks, 6 main running tracks and workshops for freight cars and electric locomotives on a length of about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). With about 200 freight trains a day beginning, ending or passing through the yard, it is a major European marshalling yard and one of the biggest in Germany.
Twin towns – sister cities
editGrand-Couronne, France
Mosina, Poland
Schkeuditz, Germany
References
edit- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ Homepage of the museum
- ^ "Partnerstädte". seelze.de (in German). Seelze. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
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