Hemmingen () is a town in the
district of Hanover, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
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. It is situated approximately 6 km south of
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
.
Until December 2004, Hemmingen belonged to the
Regierungsbezirk
A ' () means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Four of sixteen ' ( states of Germany) are split into '. Beneath these are rural and urban districts.
Saxony has ' (directorate districts) with more res ...
Hannover, which was dissolved in January 2005.
Districts
Hemmingen is divided into 7 districts:
* Arnum
* Devese
* Harkenbleck
* Hemmingen-Westerfeld
* Hiddestorf
* Ohlendorf
* Wilkenburg
Education
Hemmingen has 3
primary schools
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and one
comprehensive school
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.
Twin towns – sister cities
Hemmingen is
twinned with:
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Murowana Goślina
Murowana Goślina (; german: Murowana-Goslin) is a town in Poznań County in western Poland, with 10,336 inhabitants (2009). It lies approximately north of the major city of Poznań, on the main road and railway line to Wągrowiec. The Trojanka ...
, Poland
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South Lanarkshire
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, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Yvetot
Yvetot () is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. It is the capital of the Caux region.
History
The name Yvetot comes from the Germanic ''Yvo'' and the Old Norse ''-topt''. Therefore, Yvetot means ...
, France
References
External links
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Hanover Region
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