Vechelde
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Location of Vechelde within Peine district
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Vechelde is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km southeast of Peine, and 10 km west of Braunschweig.
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Twinned cities
Vechelde is twinned with:
- Valkeakoski, Finland since 1976
- Biederitz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany since 1990
- Niemodlin, Poland since 2006
Main sights
- The cultural center, former local district court, and “Duke Ferdinand’s gate“
- Statue “The Rape of Persephone” in Vechelde palace garden
- “Zeiträume museum“, accessible rooms are presented in their original state, with historical backgrounds from the past 140 years
- The “jute gate“, entrance gate of the former jute spinning mill. Today memorial for the victims of the Vechelde concentration camp.
References
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
External links
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- Official website (German)
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