Lengede
Sign in to saveLengede () is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 18 kilometers southwest of Braunschweig and 40 kilometers southeast of Hanover. It became known to the world in 1963 because of a mining disaster and the subsequent rescue operation of eleven surviving miners, which became known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("Miracle of Lengede").
Key facts
- German location.type
- Gemeinde
- German location.image_photo
- Lengede Seilbahnberg Blick.JPG
- German location.name
- Lengede
- German location.image_coa
- Wappen von Lengede.png
- German location.image_plan
- Lengede in PE.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Peine
- German location.elevation
- 157
- German location.area
- 34.34
- German location.postal_code
- 38268
- German location.area_code
- 05174, 05344
- German location.licence
- PE
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 1 57 005
- German location.divisions
- 5 districts
- German location.website
- www.lengede.de
- German location.mayor
- Maren Wegener
- German location.leader_term
- 2021–26
- German location.party
- SPD
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 14433
- Area
- 34.34
- Elevation
- 82
- Official website
- www.lengede.de
- Image
- Lengede Seilbahnberg Blick.JPG
- Dialing code
- 05344
- Licence plate code
- PE
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6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Division of the municipality
- History
- The Miracle of Lengede
- See also
- References
Lengede () is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 18 kilometers southwest of Braunschweig and 40 kilometers southeast of Hanover. It became known to the world in 1963 because of a mining disaster and the subsequent rescue operation of eleven surviving miners, which became known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("Miracle of Lengede").
==Geography==
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