Gorleben

Gorleben () is a small municipality (Gemeinde) in the Gartow region of the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony, Germany, a region also known as the Wendland.

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German place.image_plan: Gorleben in DAN.svg
German place.state: Niedersachsen
German place.district: Lüchow-Dannenberg
German place.Samtgemeinde: Gartow
German place.elevation: 20
German place.area: 21.35
German place.postal_code: 29475
German place.area_code: 05882
German place.licence: DAN
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 3 54 007
German place.divisions: 2 Ortsteile
German place.website: www.gorleben.de
German place.mayor: Herbert Krüger

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Population: 630
Area: 21.35
Elevation: 22
Official website: www.gorleben.de
Image: Ortsblick in Gorleben IMG 8312.jpg
Dialing code: 05882
Licence plate code: DAN

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postal code: 29475
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Geography
Nuclear Waste Repository
Interim storage unit for radioactive waste
Gorleben long-term storage project
Pilot conditioning plant
Dispute
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Gorleben () is a small municipality (Gemeinde) in the Gartow region of the Lüchow-Dannenberg district in the far north-east of Lower Saxony, Germany, a region also known as the Wendland.

Gorleben was first recorded as a town by the rulers of Dannenberg in 1360; there was a fort on the site. The name "Gorleben" probably comes from Goor ("silt"; in Slavic, however, Gor means "mountain") and leben ("heritage").