Lengede

Lengede
Coat of arms of Lengede
Location of Lengede within Peine district
HohenhamelnLengedeVecheldeIlsedePeineWendeburgEdemissenPeine (district)Lower SaxonyBraunschweigGifhorn (district)Wolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterHildesheim (district)Hanover (district)
Lengede is located in Germany
Lengede
Lengede
Lengede is located in Lower Saxony
Lengede
Lengede
Coordinates: 52°12′N 10°18′E / 52.200°N 10.300°E / 52.200; 10.300
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictPeine
Subdivisions5 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Maren Wegener[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total34.09 km2 (13.16 sq mi)
Elevation
157 m (515 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total14,308
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38268
Dialling codes05174, 05344
Vehicle registrationPE
Websitewww.lengede.de

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").

  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.