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Algermissen
Sign in to saveAlgermissen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Hildesheim, and 20 km southeast of Hanover. The name of the town originates from a prominent German family who lived in the area until the Revolutions of 1848—the Algermissens were of the revolutionary party and were driven from Germany when the revolution was suppressed. Part of the family relocated to Missouri, in the United States, but the town continued to bear their name.
Key facts
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Algermissen COA.jpg
- German place.image_photo
- Algermissen_St_Matthaeus_West.jpg
- German place.image_caption
- St. Matthäus Catholic Church
- German place.image_plan
- Algermissen in HI.svg
- German place.state
- Niedersachsen
- German place.district
- Hildesheim
- German place.elevation
- 76
- German place.area
- 35.62
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03254003
- German place.postal_code
- 31191
- German place.area_code
- 05126
- German place.licence
- HI
- German place.website
- www.algermissen.de
- German place.mayor
- Frank-Thomas Schmidt
- German place.leader_term
- 2023–28
- German place.party
- independent
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Algermissen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Hildesheim, and 20 km southeast of Hanover. The name of the town originates from a prominent German family who lived in the area until the Revolutions of 1848—the Algermissens were of the revolutionary party and were driven from Germany when the revolution was suppressed. Part of the family relocated to Missouri, in the United States, but the town continued to bear their name.
== Notable residents == The German actress Diane Kruger was born in Algermissen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Algermissen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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