Cremlingen

Cremlingen
Cremlingen
Location of Cremlingen within Wolfenbüttel district
Coordinates	52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E / 52.24889; 10.65417Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 10°39′15″E / 52.24889°N 10.65417°E / 52.24889; 10.65417
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wolfenbüttel
Mayor	Günter Eichenlaub (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi)
Elevation	119 m  (390 ft)
Population	12,744 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	215 /km2 (557 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WF
Postal code	38162
Area code	05306
Website	www.cremlingen.de

Historic farm building in Hemkenrode

stone monument at the site of the former concentration camp

Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Lehre, Königslutter, Sickte, and Braunschweig. Parts of it are adjacent to the Elm hills.

History

From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a concentration camp was established in the quarter Schandelah. ^[2] The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Division of the municipality

Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of

• Abbenrode
• Cremlingen
• Destedt
• Gardessen
• Hemkenrode
• Hordorf
• Klein Schöppenstedt
• Schandelah
• Schulenrode
• Weddel

Notable places

View from the Elm to the West

Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.

See also

• List of subcamps of Neuengamme
• The Permanent Cure

Notes

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 
2. ^ The camp is listed as No. 1292 Schandelah, Kreis Braunschweig, in the official German list.

References

• Official German list of concentration camps Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos (German)

External links

• Official site (German)