Barsinghausen

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Barsinghausen
Town
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Barsinghausen Monastery
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Coat of arms
Location of Barsinghausen within Hanover district
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Barsinghausen
Coordinates: 52°18′0″N9°28′52″E / 52.30000°N 9.48111°E / 52.30000; 9.48111
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Hanover
Subdivisions18 district
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Henning Schünhof [1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total
102.65 km2 (39.63 sq mi)
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total
35,156
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
30890
Dialling codes 05105
Vehicle registration H
Website www.barsinghausen.de

Barsinghausen (German pronunciation: [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩] ⓘ ) is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the Deister chain of hills approx. 20 km west of Hanover. Barsinghausen belongs to the historic landscape Calenberg Land and was first mentioned in 1193.

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Aerial view of Barsinghausen
Exhibition mine "Klosterstollen" in Barsinghausen Zeche Klosterstollen Barsinghausen.jpg
Exhibition mine “Klosterstollen” in Barsinghausen

Geography

Neighbouring places

Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf, Seelze, Gehrden, Springe, Bad Nenndorf and Wennigsen.

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Town hall of Barsinghausen

Division of the town

Barsinghausen consists of 18 districts: Bantorf, Barrigsen, Barsinghausen, Eckerde, Egestorf, Göxe, Großgoltern, Nordgoltern, Groß Munzel, Hohenbostel, Holtensen, Kirchdorf, Landringhausen, Langreder, Ostermunzel, Stemmen, Wichtringhausen, Winninghausen

History

Barsinghausen is the site of an old double monastery (“Kloster Barsinghausen”) that was established during the High Middle Ages. At that time, fertile loess soil and a number of influent streams to river Südaue constituted a central fundament for farming and numerous windmills in Calenberg Land. Barsinghausen became a coal mining town between 1871 and 1957. After World War II, other sectors of industry began to dominate Barsinghausen's economy.

Population development

(each time at 31 December)

Sights

Barsinghausen is home to "Kloster Barsinghausen", a nunnery first mentioned in 1193 (now a Lutheran women's convent, to Monastery Church St. Mary ("Marienkirche"), to the Deister Open Air Theater (“Deister Freilichtbühne”), to the exhibition mine “Klosterstollen”, to Sport Hotel Fuchsbachtal and to Lower Saxony's Soccer Association. The Colossus of Ostermunzel is a glacial erratic qualified as a natural monument. [3] Its large size is abnormal, particularly for northern Germany and especially for Lower Saxony. [4]

Education

Elementary schools

Secondary schools

Special schools

Twin towns – sister cities

Barsinghausen is twinned with: [5]

Notable people

Associated with the town

References

  1. ↑ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ↑ Wie ein Milliarden Jahre alter Stein die Geheimnisse der Eiszeit lösen könnte in focus.de of 16 March 2015
  4. ↑ Klaus Abelmann: Gehoben und verschoben: Der Findling von Ostermunzel in: Deisterjournal.
  5. ↑ "Partnerstädte". barsinghausen.de (in German). Barsinghausen. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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