Lenne (Lower Saxony)

Basic data
State :	Lower Saxony
County :	Holzminden
Joint municipality :	Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf
Height :	231 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.65 km 2
Residents:	643 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	114 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	37627
Area code :	05532
License plate :	HOL
Community key :	03 2 55 027
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 4 ; 37627 Stadtoldendorf
Website :	www.eschershausen-stadtoldendorf.de
Mayor :	Hans-Dieter Steenbock ( Lenne voter community )
Location of the municipality of Lenne in the Holzminden district

Lenne is a municipality in the district of Holzminden in Lower Saxony (Germany). It belongs to the integrated community of Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf , which has its administrative seat in the city of Stadtoldendorf .

Geographical location and districts

Lenne lies between the low mountain ranges of Ith in the northeast, Elfas in the east-southeast, Holzberg in the south and Homburgwald in the west; nearby rise the low mountain ranges Vogler in the northwest and Solling in the south-southwest. In addition to the core town of the same name, the districts of Kolonie in the northeast and Linnenplan in the north belong to the municipality of Lenne . The Weser tributary Lenne flows east past the town center and Linnenplan .

history

In 1580 the municipality was mentioned as Sandkuhlen in a document.

During the Nazi era, a labor camp for slave laborers who were forced to work in the mining industry existed northeast of the town at the foot of the Hils with the Lenner camp . Today there is a 4 km long historical educational trail and a memorial in the area .

politics

Municipal council

Municipal election 2016

Turnout: 67.21%

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73.05%

26.95%

WGL

SPD

After the local elections on September 11, 2016 , the municipal council consists of:

Lenne voter community (WGL): 7 seats
SPD : 2 seats

mayor

Mayor is Hans-Dieter Steenbock (WGL).

Thomas Church

Religions

The Evangelical Lutheran Thomas Church was built 1964–68; it belongs to the parish Wangelnstedt in the parish of Holzminden-Bodenwerder .

The Protestant chapel, built in 1705 and used as the Catholic chapel of St. Anna from 1968 , was closed and is now used as a residential building.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Lenne is located on the state road 583 which meets the federal road 64 in the municipality . The place is also on the Altenbeken – Kreiensen railway line , but the passenger train stop was abandoned in 1987.

Web links

Commons : Lenne - collection of images, videos and audio files