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Eschede
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Eschede () is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated approximately 15 km (10 miles) northeast of Celle, Eschede lies at the border of the Südheide Nature Park, a protected area of large forests and heaths. Today around 20 small villages are part of the "Gemeinde Eschede".

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German location.image_coa
Wappen Eschede (Niedersachsen).svg
German location.image_plan
Eschede in CE.svg
German location.state
Niedersachsen
German location.district
Celle
German location.Samtgemeinde
Eschede
German location.elevation
87
German location.area
196.77
German location.postal_code
29348
German location.area_code
05142
German location.licence
CE
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
03351025
German location.website
www.eschede.de
German location.mayor
Heinrich Lange
German location.leader_term
2021–26
German location.party
Ind

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Eschede () is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated approximately 15 km (10 miles) northeast of Celle, Eschede lies at the border of the Südheide Nature Park, a protected area of large forests and heaths. Today around 20 small villages are part of the "Gemeinde Eschede".

In 1975, the largest forest fire in the history of Germany destroyed vast tracts of forests in the area. The place is also known for the 1998 Eschede train disaster, in which an ICE 1 train crashed, killing 101 and making it the worst German rail accident since the Second World War.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eschede” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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