Cremlingen

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Cremlingen
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Coat of arms of Cremlingen
Cremlingen (Germany)
Cremlingen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Wolfenbüttel
Mayor Günter Eichenlaub (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 59.25 km² (22.9 sq mi)
Elevation 119 m  (390 ft)
Population 12,887  (01/01/2006)
 - Density 218 /km² (563 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WF
Postal code 38162
Area code 05306
Website www.cremlingen.de

Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889, 10.65417
View from the Elm to the West
View from the Elm to the West

Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Lehre, Königslutter, Sickte, and Braunschweig. Parts are joining the Elm range.

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[edit] History

From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a concentration camp was established in the quarter Schandelah. [1] The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

[edit] 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

[edit] Notable places

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

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The camp is listed as No. 1292 Schandelah, Kreis Braunschweig, in the official German list.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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