Barsinghausen

Barsinghausen
Coat of arms of Barsinghausen Coat of arms
Barsinghausen
Location of Barsinghausen within Hanover district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	n.n.
Area
• Total	102.65 km2 (39.63 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	33,231
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	30890
Dialling codes	05105
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.barsinghausen.de

Barsinghausen is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the Deister chain of hills approx. 20 km west of Hanover. Barsinghausen belongs to the historic landscape Calenberg Land and was first mentioned in 1193.

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Aerial view of Barsinghausen

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Exhibition mine “Klosterstollen” in Barsinghausen

Geography

Neighbouring places

Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf, Seelze, Gehrden, Springe, Bad Nenndorf and Wennigsen.

Division of the town

Barsinghausen consists of 18 districts: Bantorf, Barrigsen, Barsinghausen, Eckerde, Egestorf, Göxe, Großgoltern, Nordgoltern, Groß Munzel, Hohenbostel, Holtensen, Kirchdorf, Landringhausen, Langreder, Ostermunzel, Stemmen, Wichtringhausen, Winninghausen

History

Barsinghausen is the site of an old double monastery (“Kloster Barsinghausen”) that was established during the High Middle Ages. At that time, fertile loess soil and a number of influent streams to river Südaue constituted a central fundament for farming and numerous windmills in Calenberg Land. Barsinghausen became a coal mining town between 1871 and 1957. After World War II, other sectors of industry began to dominate Barsinghausen's economy.

Population History

(each time at 31 December)

• 1998 - 34,743
• 1999 - 34,648
• 2000 - 34,497
• 2001 - 34,408
• 2002 - 34,370
• 2003 - 34,376
• 2004 - 34,253

Main sights

Barsinghausen is home to “Kloster Barsinghausen” a nunnery first mentioned in 1193 AD (now a Lutheran women's convent, to Monastery Church St. Mary (“Marienkirche”), to the Deister Open Air Theater (“Deister Freilichtbühne”), to the exhibition mine “Klosterstollen”, to Sport Hotel Fuchsbachtal and to Lower Saxony's Soccer Association.

Schools

Elementary schools

• Adolf-Grimme-Schule
• Wilhelm-Stedler-Schule
• Ernst-Reuter-Schule
• Astrid-Lindgren-Schule
• Albert-Schweitzer-Schule
• Grundschule Groß Munzel
• Grundschule Hohenbostel
• Grundschule Bantorf

Secondary Schools

• Hannah-Arendt-Gymnasium
• Lisa-Tetzner-Schule
• Goetheschule KGS Barsinghausen

Special Schools

• Bert-Brecht-Schule (Special education school)
• VHS (Volkshochschule - Adult high school) Calenberger Land

External links

• Official site (German)