- Eschede
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Eschede (Niedersachsen).svg
lat_deg = 52 | lat_min = 44
lon_deg = 10 | lon_min = 15
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Celle
Samtgemeinde = Eschede
Höhe = 87
Fläche = 106.31
Einwohner = 3871
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 29348
Vorwahl = 05142
Kfz = CE
NUTS = DE931
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 51 009
Straße = Am Glockenkolk 1
Website = [http://www.eschede.de/ www.eschede.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerd Bakeberg
Partei = CDUEschede is a municipality in the district of Celle, in
Lower Saxony ,Germany . Situated approximately 15 km northeast ofCelle , Eschede lies at the border of the renowned "Naturpark Suedheide" a protected area of large forests and creeks. Today around 20 small villages are part of the "Samtgemeinde Eschede". In 1975, a large fire destroyed vast tracts of forests in the area. The city is known for the 1998Eschede train disaster , in which an ICE train crashed, killing 101 and making it the worst German rail accident since the Second World War. The painter Albert Koenig (1881-1944) was born in Eschede, and the "Albert-Koenig-Museum" can be visited inUnterlüß nearby.Eschede is the seat of the Eschede "
Samtgemeinde " ("collective municipality").ister town
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External links
* [http://www.eschede.de Eschede Official Website]
* http://www.eschede.net
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