Calberlah

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Gifhorn
Joint municipality :	Isenbüttel
Height :	67 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.65 km 2
Residents:	5115 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	185 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	38547
Area code :	05374
License plate :	GF
Community key :	03 1 51 006
LOCODE :	DE CLH
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Main street 17 ; 38547 Calberlah
Mayor :	Thomas A. Goltermann SPD
Location of the municipality of Calberlah in the district of Gifhorn

Chapel (Evangelical-Lutheran)

Calberlah is a municipality in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Calberlah lies on the plateau of the Papenteich between the Hehlenriede and the Mühlenriede . The municipality is part of the Isenbüttel municipality , which has its administrative seat in Isenbüttel .

The districts of the municipality are:

The community was first mentioned in a document in 1318 as a Kaluerlege .

On March 1, 1974, the communities Allenbüttel, Allerbüttel, Edesbüttel, Jelpke and Wettmershagen were incorporated.

The last local elections on September 11, 2016 resulted in the following composition of the local council (the result for 2011 in brackets):

CDU : 40.57% (48.13%), 7 seats (8 seats)
SPD : 33.68% (31.76%), 6 seats (5 seats)
UWG: 13.68% (3.76%), 2 seats (1 seat)
Alliance 90 / The Greens : 8.64% (16.35%), 1 seat (3 seats)
Plagge: 3.43% (---), 1 seat (0 seats)

The turnout was 62.16%.

The honorary mayor Thomas A. Goltermann (SPD) was elected on November 17, 2016 .

Calberlah is west of the A 39 motorway , which runs from Braunschweig to Wolfsburg .

Calberlah has a stop on the Lehrte – Berlin railway line . The station is served hourly by Regional Express trains running between Wolfsburg and Hanover in both directions. Long-distance trains on the Hanover – Berlin high-speed line pass through the station at speeds of up to 200 km / h without stopping. Two kilometers west of the breakpoint passes under the track in the 970-meter-long Elbe Lateral Canal tunnel the Elbe Lateral Canal .

The Elbe Lateral Canal branches off from the Mittelland Canal in the municipality .

In Calberlah there is a primary school and a secondary school.

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↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
↑ https://www.isenbuettel.de/rathaus-politik-gemeinden/portrait-der-samtgemeinde/
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 226 .