Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of

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hills.

History

From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a

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was established in the quarter Schandelah.The camp is listed as No. 1292 Schandelah, Kreis Braunschweig, in the official German list. The camp was a subcamp to the

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. Until its deestablishment in 1974, the municipalities later merged into Cremlingen were part of the district of

Traffic

The municipality has 2 train stations in the towns of Schandelah and Weddel at the railroad from

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; Weddel is also served by trains towards

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( Weddel loop). The Federal Highway 1 crosses the municipality from east to west, and since the end of September 2006 Cremlingen has a connection point to the Federal Motorway ( Bundesautobahn 39), which offers quick connections both to Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.

Division of the municipality

Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of * Abbenrode * Cremlingen * Destedt * Gardessen * Hemkenrode * Hordorf * Klein Schöppenstedt * Schandelah * Schulenrode * Weddel

Notable places

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

Notes

References

*Official German list of concentration camp
Verzeichnis der Konzentrationslager und ihrer Außenkommandos

External links

* {{Authority control Wolfenbüttel (district) Neuengamme concentration camp