Laatzen 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 ...

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. It is situated directly 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 ...

Division of the town

In 1964, the municipalities of Laatzen (nowadays about 22,000 inhabitants) and Grasdorf (3,500 inh.) were merged into the town of Laatzen. In 1974 the towns of Rethen (8,100 inh.),

Gleidingen Gleidingen is a part of the town of Laatzen in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of both Hanover and the center of Laatzen. History Gleidingen is the oldest part of the town of Laatzen. Its existence is pro ...

(4,300 inh.) and Ingeln-Oesselse (3,700 inh.) were joined to the town.

Twin towns – sister cities

Laatzen is twinned with: * Le Grand-Quevilly, France * Gubin, Poland *

Waidhofen an der Ybbs Waidhofen an der Ybbs (; Central Bavarian: ''Waidhofn aun da Ybbs'') is a statutory city ''(Statutarstadt)'' in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The city had a population of 11,662 (in 131,52 km²) as of the 2001 census. It was first men ...

, Austria

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Official site of Gleidingen
Hanover Region {{Hanover-geo-stub

Division of the town

Twin towns – sister cities

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