Lehre

Lehre
Coat of arms of Lehre
Location of Lehre within Helmstedt district
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Lehre is located in Germany
Lehre
Lehre
Lehre is located in Lower Saxony
Lehre
Lehre
Coordinates: 52°19′N 10°40′E / 52.317°N 10.667°E / 52.317; 10.667
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHelmstedt
Subdivisions8
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Andreas Busch[1]
Area
 • Total71.57 km2 (27.63 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total12,097
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38165
Dialling codes05308, 05309
Vehicle registrationHE
Websitewww.lehre.de

Lehre is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The current population is 11,539 and is situated approximately 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of Wolfsburg, and 12 km (7.5 mi) Braunschweig.[3]

The municipality received the name of Lehre on June 10, 888[4] and is made up of eight surrounding villages. They are Beienrode, Essehof, Essenrode, Flechtorf, Groß Brunsrode, Klein Brunsrode, Lehre, and Wendhausen with Lehre being the largest.[5]

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ "A I 2 Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 30. Juni 2010". Statistische Berichte Niedersachsen. June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Knigge. "Die Ortschaft Lehre - Kurzchronik". (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ Gerd Melchior (16 October 2009). "Municipality of Lehre". Chain.to. Retrieved 18 June 2011.