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Lehrte
Sign in to saveLehrte () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km east of Hanover. In the 19th century Lehrte was the most important railway junction in the former Kingdom of Hanover. As of the 21st century, it has a population of 43,000.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Lehrte
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen Lehrte.png
- German location.image_photo
- Rathaus in Lehrte.JPG
- German location.image_caption
- Town hall
- German location.image_plan
- Lehrte in H.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Hanover
- German location.elevation
- 62
- German location.area
- 127.67
- German location.postal_code
- 31275
- German location.area_code
- 05132
- German location.licence
- H
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 2 41 011
- German location.website
- www.lehrte.de
- German location.mayor
- Frank Prüße
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 45097
- Area
- 127.67
- Elevation
- 62
- Official website
- www.lehrte.de
- Image
- Rathaus Lehrte (01).jpg
- Dialing code
- 05175
- Licence plate code
- H
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- hashtag
- Lehrte
- P8168
- Paul Körner
- Commons category
- Lehrte
- postal code
- 31275
- short name
- Leh
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Lehrte () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 17 km east of Hanover. In the 19th century Lehrte was the most important railway junction in the former Kingdom of Hanover. As of the 21st century, it has a population of 43,000.
== History == The first documented history of the area was in 1147 and shows that, what is now known as Lehrte, was a relatively small farming village. Up to the year 1352, when the church, now known as Nikolauskirche, was built; the local farming residents attended Sunday church services in the village of Steinwedel.
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