Kreiensen

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Kreiensen is the largest of the town of Einbeck in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony.

  • 6.1 Structures
  • 6.2 Regular events
  • 6.3 associations

Geography

Kreiensen located in South Lower Saxony in Leinebergland and belongs to the resin and Solling foothills. It is located between the mountain ranges Bright Mountain to the north, Hube in West southwest and soda in the northwest. Through the center of the Kreiensen Gande flows, a north-eastern tributary of the leash with the Leineauen at Kreiensen.

History

The first mention was in 1318, when Otto the Mild enfeoffed the Lords of Oldershausen. A medieval chapel belonged to the Archdeaconry Norten. Only in the 19th century the town developed much further. To westphälischer time Kreiensen was in Canton Gander home.

On January 1, 1826, the existing Kreiensen Post Office was closed. When it has been established is not known. For further details regarding the development of the postal system in Kreiensen see: postal route Braunschweig- Göttingen.

Of special importance was the place as a railway junction. In the Kreiensen built in the 1860s East-West connections Brunswick Southern Railway and the railway line Altenbeken - Kreiensen intersect with the north - south line Hanoverian Southern Railway. Kreiensen was on Brunswick territory - directly north and south of the country was in Hanover. Here also the railway line Osterode - Kreiensen was connected. Through the construction of new high-speed lines in both directions, crossing at Hanover and Kassel, however, the railway node in the 1990s lost its importance.

Through the municipal reform, which came into force on 1 March 1974, which existed until 2012 large village Kreiensen arose. Here is the place Kreiensen replaced the historic central town from Greene as the administrative headquarters. The new church belonged until 1977 to the district of Gander home and then to the district of Northeim.

This community Kreiensen had an area of ​​65.32 km ², on the 6846 population (as of 31 December 2011) lived. It was divided into 15 localities:

  • Ahlshausen - Sievershausen
  • Bentierode (including Rimmerode )
  • Beulshausen
  • Billerbeck
  • Bruchhof
  • Erzhausen (including settlement Leinetal )
  • Garlebsen
  • Stains Greene
  • Sharks Hausen
  • Ippensen
  • Kreiensen ( nucleus )
  • Olxheim
  • Oppershausen (including Easter break)
  • Orxhausen
  • Rittierode

The last council consisted of 18 members (7 seats for the SPD, 6 for the CDU, 4 for the BL- UWG and 1 for Alliance 90/The Greens ) and the Mayor Ronny Rode (SPD). On 17 October 2011, the council decided the unification of the community Kreiensen with the neighboring town of Einbeck, which entered into force on 1 January 2013.

Coat of arms

A red shield, diagonally from bottom left to top right crossed by a silver wave band. The upper left part shows a shield border, reinforced and crowned lion; the lower right part shows three plate diagonal ordered golden roses with red fruit stand. With the lion, the motif of noblemen of Homburg is taken up, the castle Greene had temporarily in possession. The roses are the symbol of the Lords of Oldershausen removed, and the wave band symbolizes the leash.

Twinning

  • Wieselburg (Lower Austria )
  • Güsten (Saxony- Anhalt)

Economy and infrastructure

Rail transport

Kreiensen is located on the Hanoverian Southern Railway, Braunschweigische Southern Railway, the railway line Altenbeken - Kreiensen and formerly on the railway line Osterode - Kreiensen. The Kreiensen station is maintenance of individual intercity trains of the north -south connection from Hamburg to Frankfurt ( Main). In transport he is every hour

  • By the metronome Uelzen - Hanover - Göttingen and
  • From the regional train to Bad Harzburg - Goslar - Kreiensen - Wood Minden ( Holzminden partially every two hours) served.
  • In addition, there are daily depending on a pair of trains to Braunschweig via Seesen and Salzgitter and a daily train pair of Brunswick

However, most ICs operate over the high-speed line Hannover -Würzburg instead of the Hanoverian Southern Railway. Only three intercity services operate in Leinetal and run over Alfeld, Northeim and Kreiensen.

The interlocking of the station Kreiensen been fundamentally modernized in 2001.

Further traffic

Kreiensen is located on the main road 64 and the Leine-Heide Cycle Path.

Education

Primary school Kreiensen, school center Kreiensen with elementary and secondary school, kindergartens

Culture and sights

Structures

  • The 1886 was designed by Hubert Taurus station building on the type of Neo-Renaissance was built on the site of a timber- handling buildings and renovated in 1971. The east side sheet above a Braunschweiger lion in relief, the west side of a Prussian eagle in relief.
  • Mansion Kreiensen for Marine companionship and home club Kreiensen
  • Catholic Church of St. Joseph in 1967, interior design Claus Kilian, since 2009, branch church of the parish Bad Gandersheim
  • Church of Peace; Belonging to the community provost Bad Gandersheim

Regular events

  • Dances of the clubs in the fall
  • Dance into May
  • Burgfest the community Jugendring
  • Championships Half Marathon
  • Kreienser Christmas market at the 2nd Advent

Clubs

  • SV Kreiensen 06
  • Schützengesellschaft 1886

Personalities who lived here

  • Klaus Macharzina
  • Franz Joseph Wagner
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