Peine (district)

Peine
District
Coat of arms of Peine Coat of arms
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Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Peine
Area
• Total	535 km2 (207 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)
• Total	130,147
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	PE
Website	landkreis-peine.de

Peine is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Hildesheim, Hanover and Gifhorn, and the cities of Brunswick and Salzgitter.

History

Until the early 19th century, the territory of the district belonged to Brunswick-Celle, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and the Bishopric of Hildesheim. After 1815, both Brunswick-Celle and Hildesheim belonged to the Kingdom of Hanover. In 1866, Hanover fell to Prussia. The Prussian administration established districts (Kreise) in 1885, among them Peine.

The region has a smelting tradition, the associated mining tradition lasted until 1976 when the last existing mine was closed. One of the best known events in local history was the mining disaster of Lengede in 1963, when 29 miners died and 11 miners were rescued two weeks after the incident.

Geography

The district comprises the space between the cities of Hanover and Braunschweig. The Fuhse river enters the district in the south, runs through the town of Peine and leaves northwards to Celle.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is derived from the arms of the County of Wolfenbüttel-Assenburg. This county existed only until 1260, but its rulers were responsible for the foundation of Peine.

Cities and municipalities

Cities	Municipalities
Peine	Edemissen Hohenhameln Ilsede Lengede Vechelde Wendeburg

Notable people from Peine

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe, anarcho-capitalist economics professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Distinguished Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)