Lachendorf

Lachendorf
Lachendorf
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lachendorf within Celle district
	Lachendorf Lachendorf
	Coordinates: 52°37′N 10°15′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Municipal assoc.	Lachendorf
Subdivisions	4 districts
Government
• Mayor	Hartmut Ostermann (CDU)
Area
• Total	38.23 km2 (14.76 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,490
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	29331
Dialling codes	05145
Vehicle registration	CE
Website	www.lachendorf.de

Lachendorf (West Low German: Lachendörp) is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km east of Celle.

Lachendorf is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lachendorf.

History

In older records Lachendorf is mentioned under the name of Lachtendorp, meaning village at the river Lachte. In 1538 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg chose it as a proper place for a paper mill, which marks the beginning of settlement and commercial development. In 1845 the paper mill was extended to a factory, creating a remarkable amount of workspace in this agricultural region.[2]

Famous residents

Wilhelm Trumann, great-great grandfather of the 33rd president of the USA Harry S. Truman[3]
Heinrich Severloh (1923–2006), platoon of the Wehrmacht and rifleman on Omaha Beach
Konstantin Rausch (born 1990), football/soccer player for Hannover 96

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Lachendorf is twinned with:

Bricquebec, Manche, Normandy, France[4]

References

Bibliography

Martin Wittmann, Kurt W. Seebo: Lachendorf. Ed. I, Lachendorf 1988

Sources

Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018.
Mußmann, Olaf: Papier, Pulver und sanfte Energie – Alltag und Technik im vorindustriellen Mühlengewerbe, Münster 1993, pp. 25 ff.
Comp. germanoriginality.com Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine.
"National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.

External links

Official website (in German)

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[1] Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018.

[2] Mußmann, Olaf: Papier, Pulver und sanfte Energie – Alltag und Technik im vorindustriellen Mühlengewerbe, Münster 1993, pp. 25 ff.

[3] Comp. germanoriginality.com Archived 2010-12-01 at the Wayback Machine.

[Bricquebec_twinnings-4] "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-26.