Cremlingen

Cremlingen
Cremlingen
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Wolfenbüttel
Mayor Günter Eichenlaub (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi)
Elevation 119 m  (390 ft)
Population 12,744 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 215 /km2 (557 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WF
Postal code 38162
Area code 05306
Website www.cremlingen.de

Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Lehre, Königslutter, Sickte, and Braunschweig. Parts of it are adjacent to the Elm hills.

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History

From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a concentration camp was established in the quarter Schandelah. [2] The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Division of the municipality

Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of

Notable places

Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.

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