Kreiensen
Kreiensen | |
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Ortsteil of Einbeck | |
Coordinates: 51°51′26″N 09°57′48″E / 51.85722°N 9.96333°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Northeim |
Town | Einbeck |
Area | |
• Total | 65.32 km2 (25.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 104 m (341 ft) |
Population (2011-12-31) | |
• Total | 6,846 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 37574 |
Dialling codes | 05563 |
Vehicle registration | NOM, EIN, GAN |
Website | www.kreiensen.de |
Kreiensen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Einbeck.
Geography
Kreiensen is situated on the river Leine, approx. 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Northeim, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Hildesheim.
It lies in southern
, a northeastern tributary of the Leine, flows through the center of Kreiensen.Religion
The Roman Catholic church building stems from 1967. The evangelical lutheran church was built in Nazi Germany in 1935 as one of a few examples of those times.[1]
Transport
Kreiensen railway station is known as a railroad hub with five lines interchanging. In 1865,
Kreiensen station is still a transfer site of Deutsche Bahn, NordWestBahn and Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft.
Economy
For most of the 20th century, Kreiensen also served as an important logistic center for the Federal German Mail (Deutsche Bundespost). When the latter was privatized and the new Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway was opened in 1991, Kreiensen quickly lost a number of jobs in both sectors.
References
- ^ "Friedenskirche Kreiensen".
- ^ Klaus Siegner: Die Bahnhofsarchitektur Hubert Stiers (1838-1907), 1986, p. 130
- ^ Klaus Siegner: Hannover - Hildesheim - Kreiensen, in: Günther Kokkelink: Laves und Hannover, 1989, p. 341
- ^ "Nachrichten aus Braunschweig, Göttingen und dem Harz".