Lamspringe

Lamspringe
Main street

Coat of arms
Lamspringe
Location of Lamspringe within Hildesheim district
Hildesheim (district)Lower SaxonyHolzminden (district)Northeim (district)Goslar (district)Wolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterHamelin-PyrmontHanover (district)Peine (district)LandwehrWinzenburgEverodeFredenLamspringeCoppengraveHarbarnsenSehlemSehlemNeuhofWoltershausenAdenstedtBockenemAlfeldDuingenSarstedtAlgermissenHarsumGiesenNordstemmenHildesheimElzeBethelnGronauGronauEimeDiekholzenDespetalDiekholzenSchellertenSchellertenSöhldeBad SalzdetfurthHolleWeenzenMarienhagenHoyershausenBantelnRhedenBrüggenEberholzenSibbesseWestfeldAlmstedtLamspringe in HI.svg
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Coordinates: 51°57′N 10°00′E / 51.950°N 10.000°E / 51.950; 10.000Coordinates: 51°57′N 10°00′E / 51.950°N 10.000°E / 51.950; 10.000
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Hildesheim
Government
 • Mayor Lars Herr (SPD)
Area
 • Total 70.46 km2 (27.20 sq mi)
Elevation 211 m (692 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 5,638
 • Density 80/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 31195
Vehicle registration HI
Website www.lamspringe.de

Lamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Harbarnsen, Neuhof, Sehlem and Woltershausen are part of the municipality Lamspringe.

It was known historically as the seat of the former Lamspringe Abbey, of which the church and other buildings remain.

Lamspringe Church of former monastery

Lamspringe was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lamspringe.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Kurt Hotmeyer (1905-1967), SS doctor
  • Richard Mühe (1929-2009), watchmaker and physicist
  • Lothar Hampe (born 1946), politician (CDU)

References

  1. ↑ Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2017

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