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Alfeld (Leine)

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Also known as Alfeld/Leine

Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim in southern Lower Saxony and part of the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg. Alfeld is a member of the Leinebergland region and on the German Timber-Frame Road. With the Fagus Factory, Alfeld became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

Key facts

German place.type
Stadt
German place.image_coa
DEU Alfeld (Leine) COA.png
German place.image_photo
Alfeld Rathaus 1 2005.jpg
German place.image_caption
Alfeld town hall, behind St. Nicolai
German place.image_plan
Alfeld (Leine) in HI.svg
German place.state
Niedersachsen
German place.district
Hildesheim
German place.elevation
145
German place.area
72.88
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
03254002
German place.postal_code
31061
German place.area_code
05181
German place.licence
HI, ALF
German place.website
www.alfeld.de
German place.mayor
Bernd Beushausen
German place.leader_term
2021–26
German place.party
SPD

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  • History
  • Main Sights
  • Culture
  • Economy
  • Popular culture
  • International relations
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Alfeld (Leine) () is a town in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Located on the Leine river and situated approximately 20 km southwest of Hildesheim, it is the second biggest city in the district of Hildesheim in southern Lower Saxony and part of the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg. Alfeld is a member of the Leinebergland region and on the German Timber-Frame Road. With the Fagus Factory, Alfeld became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfeld (Leine)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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