Eschede

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Eschede
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Celle
Municipal assoc.	Eschede
Mayor	Gerd Bakeberg (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	106.31 km² (41 sq mi)
Elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Population	3,871 (31/12/2006)
- Density	36 /km² (94 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	CE
Postal code	29348
Area code	05142
Website	www.eschede.de Coordinates: 52°44′00″N 10°15′00″E / 52.733333, 10.25

Eschede is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Situated approximately 15 km northeast of Celle, Eschede lies at the border of the renowned "Naturpark Suedheide" a protected area of large forests and creeks. Today around 20 small villages are part of the "Samtgemeinde Eschede". In 1975, a large fire destroyed vast tracts of forests in the area. The city is known for the 1998 Eschede train disaster, in which an ICE train crashed, killing 101 and making it the worst German rail accident since the Second World War. The painter Albert Koenig (1881-1944) was born in Eschede, and the "Albert-Koenig-Museum" can be visited in Unterlüß nearby.

Eschede is the seat of the Eschede Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality").

[edit] sister town

Barneville-Carteret (France)

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v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Celle (district)

Adelheidsdorf \| Ahnsbeck \| Beedenbostel \| Bergen \| Bröckel \| Celle \| Eicklingen \| Eldingen \| Eschede \| Faßberg \| Habighorst \| Hambühren \| Hermannsburg \| Höfer \| Hohne \| Lachendorf \| Langlingen \| Lohheide \| Nienhagen \| Scharnhorst \| Unterlüß \| Wathlingen \| Wienhausen \| Wietze \| Winsen