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Alfeld (Leine)
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Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim in southern Lower Saxony and part of the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg. Alfeld is a member of the Leinebergland region and on the German Timber-Frame Road. With the Fagus Factory, Alfeld became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Alfeld (Leine) COA.png
- German place.image_photo
- Alfeld Rathaus 1 2005.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- Alfeld town hall, behind St. Nicolai
- German place.image_plan
- Alfeld (Leine) in HI.svg
- German place.state
- Niedersachsen
- German place.district
- Hildesheim
- German place.elevation
- 145
- German place.area
- 72.88
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03254002
- German place.postal_code
- 31061
- German place.area_code
- 05181
- German place.licence
- HI, ALF
- German place.website
- www.alfeld.de
- German place.mayor
- Bernd Beushausen
- German place.leader_term
- 2021–26
- German place.party
- SPD
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Hildesheim
- Population
- 18679
- Area
- 72.88
- Elevation
- 145
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Delligsen
- Official website
- www.alfeld.de
- Image
- Alfeld Rathaus 1 2005.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05181
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- P8168
- Ergnies
- twinned administrative body
- Wakefield
- Commons category
- Alfeld (Leine)
- postal code
- 31061
- short name
- Alfeld/Leine
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- hashtag
- AlfeldLeine
via Wikidata · CC0
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- Economy
- Popular culture
- International relations
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim in southern Lower Saxony and part of the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg. Alfeld is a member of the Leinebergland region and on the German Timber-Frame Road. With the Fagus Factory, Alfeld became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfeld (Leine)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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