Seesen
Seesen | |
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 Sehusa Castle | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Goslar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Erik Homann[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102.13 km2 (39.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 19,159 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38723 |
| Dialling codes | 05381 |
| Vehicle registration | GS |
| Website | [1] |
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
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Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
Politics
Seats in the municipal assembly (Stadtrat) as of 2006 elections:
- Christian Democratic Union(CDU): 17
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD): 15
- Free Democratic Party (FDP): 2
Twin towns – sister cities
Wantage, England, United Kingdom (1978)
Thale, Germany (1990)
Carpentras, France (1993)
Montecorvino Rovella, Italy (2006)
Notable people
- Israel Jacobson (1768–1828), established the first Haskalah interdenominational school locally in 1801
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859), composer, violinist and conductor; grew up locally
- Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz (1809–1877), Prussian general
- Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), German humorist, poet, illustrator and painter, died at the Mechtshausen vicarage
- C. F. Theodore Steinway (1825–1889), a piano maker, eldest son of Steinway & Sons founder, Henry E. Steinway.
- William Steinway (1835–1896), piano manufacturer, helped develop Astoria, Queens, New York.[4]
- Emil Wohlwill (1835–1912), chemist, invented the Wohlwill process
- Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890), cellist, composer and university teacher
- Franziska Busch (born 1985), ice hockey forward and former alternate captain of the Germany women's national ice hockey team
See also
- Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
References
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ "Partnerstädte" (in German). Seesen. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. V. 1900.
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