Barsinghausen ( German pronunciation: [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩] ) 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.
6-441: Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf , Seelze , Gehrden , Springe , Bad Nenndorf and Wennigsen . Barsinghausen consists of 18 districts: Bantorf, Barrigsen, Barsinghausen, Eckerde, Egestorf, Göxe, Großgoltern, Nordgoltern, Groß Munzel, Hohenbostel, Holtensen, Kirchdorf, Landringhausen, Langreder, Ostermunzel, Stemmen, Wichtringhausen, Winninghausen Barsinghausen is the site of an old double monastery (“Kloster Barsinghausen”) that
12-721: Is abnormal, particularly for northern Germany and especially for Lower Saxony. Barsinghausen is twinned with: Wunstorf Wunstorf ( German pronunciation: [ˈvʊnsˌtɔʁf] ) is a town in the district of Hanover , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated approximately 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Hanover . The following localities belong to the town of Wunstorf: Blumenau (with Liethe), Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen (with Idensermoor and Niengraben), Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude , and Wunstorf. Nearby Wunstorf Air Base of
18-500: Is home to "Kloster Barsinghausen", a nunnery first mentioned in 1193 (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. The Colossus of Ostermunzel is a glacial erratic qualified as a natural monument . Its large size
24-539: The German Air Force , which participated in the Berlin Airlift and is home to Air Transport Wing 62 since 1978 that operates all German A400Ms , is named after Wunstorf. To the west of the city, Steinhude and Großenheidorn are located on the shores of Lake Steinhude . The name Wunstorf derives from the early settlement of Wonherestorpe dating to around 700 CE . In 1181, Wunstorf
30-552: 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. (each time at 31 December) Barsinghausen
36-503: Was mentioned as a civitas , literally 'citizenry' in Latin and ' Bürgerschaft ' in German. The local elections on 11 September 2016, had the following results: Wunstorf has two exits on motorway A 2 . Wunstorf railway station has four trains per hour to Hanover (a mix of local and regional trains), and two trains per hour each to Minden and Nienburg . The local bus network
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