Eschede
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
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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.
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