Leese, Germany

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Coordinates: 52°30′N09°07′E / 52.500°N 9.117°E / 52.500; 9.117
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Nienburg
Municipal assoc. Mittelweser
Government
   Mayor Henning Olthage (SPD)
Area
  Total
29.65 km2 (11.45 sq mi)
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [1]
  Total
1,676
  Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31633
Dialling codes 05761
Vehicle registration NI
Website www.leese.de

Leese is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Leese was one of the earliest settlements in the Middle Weser Region. Around 20 tumulus graves have been found, the oldest dating back to about 1800 BCE. The urnfield graves in the so-called "small field" of Leese were excavated under the auspices of the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (Lower Saxony Bureau for Cultural Heritage) between 1978 and 1980 turned out to be the largest graveyard of urn burials in the pre-Roman Iron Age of northern Germany, with 1100 burials. An urn is represented in the lower part of the town's coat of arms. At the time of the early Roman empire, the area was occupied by the German tribe of Angrivarii, to the south of the Cherusci.

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References

  1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.