Barsinghausen is a town in the district of Hanover

Hanover (district)

Hanover Region is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Heidekreis, Celle, Gifhorn, Peine, Hildesheim, Hamelin-Pyrmont, Schaumburg and Nienburg....

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated at the Deister

Deister

The Deister is a chain of hills in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 15 mi southwest of the city of Hanover. It runs in a north-westerly direction from Springe in the south to Rodenberg in the north. The next the chain of hills that attaches in the south is called Small Deister...

 chain of hills approx. 20 km west of Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

. Barsinghausen belongs to the historic landscape Calenberg Land

Calenberg Land

The Calenberg Land is a historic landscape southwest of Hanover in Germany, roughly formed by the countryside between the Leine and the Deister hills...

 and was first mentioned in 1193.

Neighbouring places

Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf

Wunstorf

Wunstorf is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 22 km west of Hanover. The following localities belong to the city of Wunstorf: Blumenau , Bokeloh, Grossenheidorn, Idensen , Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, Wunstorf....

, Seelze

Seelze

Seelze is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 10 km west of Hanover. Today Seelze mainly plays the role of a bedroom town for commuters working in Hanover.-Division of the town:...

, Gehrden

Gehrden

Gehrden is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. southwest of Hanover.- References :...

, Springe

Springe

Springe is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, southwest of Hanover.-City Structure:* Springe with 12,666 Inhabitants* Bennigsen with 4,095 Inhabitants...

, Bad Nenndorf

Bad Nenndorf

Bad Nenndorf is a small town in the district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Its population is 10,210 . It is situated approx. 12 km east of Stadthagen, and 25 km west of Hanover, at the southern edge of the North German Plain and the northern edge of the Deister ridge...

 and Wennigsen

Wennigsen

Wennigsen is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, approx. 15 km southwest of Hanover.-Geography:...

.

Division of the town

Barsinghausen consists of 18 districts:
Bantorf, Barrigsen, Barsinghausen, Eckerde, Egestorf, Göxe, Großgoltern, Nordgoltern, Groß Munzel, Hohenbostel, Holtensen, Kirchdorf, Landringhausen, Langreder, Ostermunzel, Stemmen, Wichtringhausen, Winninghausen

History

Barsinghausen is the site of an old double monastery

Double monastery

A double monastery is an institution combining a separate monastery for monks and an abbey for nuns. Examples include Coldingham Monastery in Scotland, and Einsiedeln Abbey and Fahr Abbey in Switzerland, controlled by the abbot of Einsiedeln...

 (“Kloster Barsinghausen”) that was established during the High Middle Ages

High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....

. At that time, fertile loess

Loess

Loess is an aeolian sediment formed by the accumulation of wind-blown silt, typically in the 20–50 micrometre size range, twenty percent or less clay and the balance equal parts sand and silt that are loosely cemented by calcium carbonate...

 soil and a number of influent streams to river Südaue

Südaue

Südaue is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany.-See also:*List of rivers of Lower Saxony...

 constituted a central fundament for farming and numerous windmills in Calenberg Land

Calenberg Land

The Calenberg Land is a historic landscape southwest of Hanover in Germany, roughly formed by the countryside between the Leine and the Deister hills...

. Barsinghausen became a coal mining town between 1871 and 1957. After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, other sectors of industry began to dominate Barsinghausen's economy.

Population History

(each time at 31 December)

• 1998 - 34,743
• 1999 - 34,648
• 2000 - 34,497
• 2001 - 34,408
• 2002 - 34,370
• 2003 - 34,376
• 2004 - 34,253

Main sights

Barsinghausen is home to “Kloster Barsinghausen” that was first mentioned in 1193 AD, to Monastery Church St. Mary (“Marienkirche”), to the Deister Open Air Theater (“Deister Freilichtbühne”), to the exhibition mine “Klosterstollen”, to Sport Hotel Fuchsbachtal and to Lower Saxony's Soccer Association.

Elementary schools

• Adolf-Grimme-Schule
• Wilhelm-Stedler-Schule
• Ernst-Reuter-Schule
• Astrid-Lindgren-Schule
• Albert-Schweitzer-Schule
• Grundschule Groß Munzel
• Grundschule Hohenbostel
• Grundschule Bantorf

Secondary Schools

• Hannah-Arendt-Gymnasium
• Lisa-Tetzner-Schule
• Goetheschule KGS Barsinghausen

External links

• Official site