Barsinghausen

Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen Monastery
Barsinghausen Monastery
Coat of arms of Barsinghausen
Location of Barsinghausen within Hanover district
Hanover RegionLower SaxonyWedemarkBurgwedelNeustadt am RübenbergeBurgdorfUetzeLehrteIsernhagenLangenhagenGarbsenWunstorfSeelzeBarsinghausenSehndeHanoverGehrdenLaatzenWennigsenRonnenbergHemmingenPattensenSpringeHamelin-PyrmontSchaumburgNienburg (district)HeidekreisCelle (district)Peine (district)Gifhorn (district)Hildesheim (district)
Barsinghausen is located in Germany
Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen is located in Lower Saxony
Barsinghausen
Barsinghausen
Coordinates: 52°18′0″N 9°28′52″E / 52.30000°N 9.48111°E / 52.30000; 9.48111
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHanover
Subdivisions18 district
Government
 • Mayor (2020–25) Henning Schünhof[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total
102.65 km2 (39.63 sq mi)
Elevation
142 m (466 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
35,156
 • Density340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
30890
Dialling codes05105
Vehicle registrationH
Websitewww.barsinghausen.de

Barsinghausen (German pronunciation: [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩]) 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
Exhibition mine “Klosterstollen” in Barsinghausen
  1. ^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.