Mehrum

Mehrum Municipality Hohenhameln
	Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 15 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	72 (66-74) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	1096
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31249
Area code :	05128
Location of Mehrum in Lower Saxony

Mehrum is a district of Hohenhameln in the Peine district in Lower Saxony . The village is on the Mittelland Canal and the B 65 .

history

The oldest surviving document, which mentions Mehrum, dates back to 1179. Today the village has 1096 inhabitants. The baroque village church with its characteristic tower is worth seeing in the village . The Mehrum coal-fired power station on the Mittelland Canal, which has its own inland port for delivering coal, is visible from afar . The plant supplies a large part of the Peine district and the eastern region of Hanover with energy.

Mehrum was incorporated into the municipality of Hohenhameln on March 1, 1974.

traffic

In traffic is on local roads links to the the local area in east-west direction passing through federal highway 65
, the waterway can the port Mehrum be dispatched.

Mehrum power plant
Village church

Individual evidence

^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 217 .

Web links

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

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-1] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 217 .