Seesen

Seesen
Sehusa Castle

Coat of arms
Seesen
Location of Seesen within Goslar district
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Coordinates: 51°53′35″N 10°10′42″E / 51.89306°N 10.17833°E / 51.89306; 10.17833Coordinates: 51°53′35″N 10°10′42″E / 51.89306°N 10.17833°E / 51.89306; 10.17833
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Goslar
Government
 • Mayor Erik Homann (CDU)
Area
 • Total 102.13 km2 (39.43 sq mi)
Elevation 205 m (673 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 19,472
 • Density 190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 38723
Dialling codes 05381
Vehicle registration GS
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Seesen is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range, approx. 20 km (12 mi) west of Goslar.

History

The Saxon settlement of Sehusa was first mentioned in a 974 deed issued by Emperor Otto II and Chancellor Willigis, from 1235 on it belonged to the Welf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg who had a castle erected. In 1428 Seesen received town privileges by Duke Otto II the One-Eyed of Brunswick-Göttingen. On 17 July 1810, Israel Jacobson dedicated in Seesen the first synagogue which employed an organ and a choir during prayer and introduced some German liturgy. This day is celebrated by Reform Judaism worldwide as its foundation date. In 1836 Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later named Henry E. Steinway) built his first grand piano in his kitchen in Seesen; the instrument is today on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtrat) as of 2006 elections:

International relations

Seesen is twinned with:

Famous residents

Israel Jacobson 1810
  • The composer Louis Spohr (1784 – 1859) spent his childhood at Seesen.
  • In 1801 the merchant Israel Jacobson (1768 – 1828) established the first Haskalah interdenominational school in Germany at Seesen.
  • The piano manufacturer William Steinway was born at Seesen on 5 March 1835 as Wilhelm Steinweg. His father Henry E. Steinway (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) built his first grand piano at a Seesen washkitchen in 1836.
  • Emil Wohlwill (1835 – 1912), chemist, born at Seesen.
  • The caricaturist Wilhelm Busch (1832 – 1908) spent his last years at the Mechtshausen vicarage.
  • Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (1809-1877), Prussian general, born in Seesen
  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848-1890), cellist, composer and university teacher, born in Seesen

See also


References

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