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Barsinghausen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the Deister chain of hills approx. 20 km west of Hanover. Barsinghausen belongs to the historic landscape Calenberg Land and was first mentioned in 1193.

Aerial view of Barsinghausen
Aerial view of Barsinghausen
Exhibition mine “Klosterstollen” in Barsinghausen
Exhibition mine “Klosterstollen” in Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen
Town
Barsinghausen Monastery
Coat of arms
Location of Barsinghausen within Hanover district
Burgdorf
Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen
Coordinates: 52°18′0″N 9°28′52″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHanover
Subdivisions18 district
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Henning Schünhof[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total102.65 km2 (39.63 sq mi)
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total34,394
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
30890
Dialling codes05105
Vehicle registrationH
Websitewww.barsinghausen.de

Geography



Neighbouring places


Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf, Seelze, Gehrden, Springe, Bad Nenndorf and Wennigsen.

Town hall of Barsinghausen
Town hall of Barsinghausen

Division of the town


Barsinghausen consists of 18 districts: Bantorf, Barrigsen, Barsinghausen, Eckerde, Egestorf, Göxe, Großgoltern, Nordgoltern, Groß Munzel, Hohenbostel, Holtensen, Kirchdorf, Landringhausen, Langreder, Ostermunzel, Stemmen, Wichtringhausen, Winninghausen


History


Barsinghausen is the site of an old double monastery (“Kloster Barsinghausen”) that was established during the High Middle Ages. At that time, fertile loess soil and a number of influent streams to river Südaue constituted a central fundament for farming and numerous windmills in Calenberg Land. Barsinghausen became a coal mining town between 1871 and 1957. After World War II, other sectors of industry began to dominate Barsinghausen's economy.


Population development


(each time at 31 December)


Sights


Barsinghausen is home to "Kloster Barsinghausen", a nunnery first mentioned in 1193 (now a Lutheran women's convent, to Monastery Church St. Mary ("Marienkirche"), to the Deister Open Air Theater (“Deister Freilichtbühne”), to the exhibition mine “Klosterstollen”, to Sport Hotel Fuchsbachtal and to Lower Saxony's Soccer Association. The Colossus of Ostermunzel is a glacial erratic qualified as a natural monument.[3] Its large size is abnormal, particularly for northern Germany and especially for Lower Saxony.[4]


Education



Elementary schools



Secondary schools



Special schools



Twin towns – sister cities


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Barsinghausen is twinned with:[5]


Notable people



Associated with the town



References


  1. "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2020.
  3. Wie ein Milliarden Jahre alter Stein die Geheimnisse der Eiszeit lösen könnte in focus.de of 16 March 2015
  4. Klaus Abelmann: Gehoben und verschoben: Der Findling von Ostermunzel in: Deisterjournal.
  5. "Partnerstädte". barsinghausen.de (in German). Barsinghausen. Retrieved 2021-02-04.


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На других языках

- [en] Barsinghausen

[ru] Барзингхаузен

Барзингхаузен (нем. Barsinghausen) — город в Германии, в земле Нижняя Саксония.


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