Algermissen

Algermissen
St. Matthäus Catholic Church
Algermissen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Hildesheim
Mayor Wolfgang Moegerle (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 35.62 km2 (13.75 sq mi)
Elevation 76 m  (249 ft)
Population 7,908 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 222 /km2 (575 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate HI
Postal code 31191
Area code 05126
Website www.algermissen.de

Algermissen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 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. The family relocated to Missouri, in the United States, but the town continued to bear their name.[2]

Notable residents

The German actress Diane Kruger was born in Algermissen.

Notes

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsdichte der kreisfreien Städte und Landkreise - Stand 31.12.2010" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. July 2011. http://www.lskn.niedersachsen.de/download/59963. 
  2. ^ Stevens, Walter Barlow. Centennial History of Missouri (The Center State) -- One Hundred Years in the Union 1820-1921, SJ Clark Publishing Company, 1921. Page 857.

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Algermissen Algermissen] at Wikimedia Commons
Towns and municipalities in Hildesheim district