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| Salzgitter | ||
| federal state | Lower Saxony | |
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| Residents | 104.948 (2019) | |
| height | 93 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 5341 9009940 Salzgitter Tourism | |
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Salzgitter is a city in the metropolitan region of Hanover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg in Lower Saxony and an important industrial location.
background
Salzgitter is an important industrial location in the northern foreland of the Resin. In the middle of the big cities Hanover, Braunschweig, Goettingen and Wolfsburg Located in the metropolitan region named after them, it is one of the youngest cities in Lower Saxony: The city was only founded in this form in 1942. As an artificially constructed city, Salzgitter consists of a total of 7 localities with 31 districts, the largest of which is Lebenstedt (also Salzgitter-Lebenstedt) is. After the number of inhabitants had been declining for a long time, it has increased again in recent years, especially due to immigration, and in January 2019 was officially around 107,000 inhabitants.
As the location of the Salzgitter AG, a work of Volkswagen AG as well as the MAN commercial vehicles and numerous other companies, the city is world-famous, but less as a tourist destination. Nevertheless, a stay at Salzgittersee and the numerous other sights of the town is not only worthwhile for business travelers.
getting there
By plane
- The nearest airport with regular scheduled flights is the Hanover-Langenhagen Airport
(IATA: HAJ), approx. 50 km northwest). - Thanks to good rail connections from Braunschweig, the airports are Frankfurt am Main(IATA: FRA), Berlin Brandenburg(IATA: BER) and Leipzig / Halle(IATA: LEJ) acceptable alternatives.
- The Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport(IATA: BWE) in the northern part of the city of Braunschweig mainly serves the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the Volkswagen AG works traffic.
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By train
Due to its composition of several locations, Salzgitter does not have a central train station, but rather several train stations, some of which are on different lines:
- Salzgitter-Ringelheim is in the regional connections of the route Hanover - Halle (Saale) involved
- Salzgitter bath as well as Ringelheim in the regional train between Herzberg am Harz and Braunschweig
- Salzgitter-Lebenstedt is the end point of the branch line from Braunschweig
- There are also stops along the route from Lebenstedt to Braunschweig in Salzgitter-Watenstedt, Salzgitter-Immendorf and Salzgitter-Thiede
- Finally, there is the Lengede-Broistedt train station, which was previously called Salzgitter-Nord and is connected to SZ-Lebenstedt by bus
By bus
Salzgitter is connected to the Flixbus Paderborn-Berlin long-distance bus route. The long-distance bus stop is right in front of the Rathaus in Lebenstedt
In the street
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By boat
The Salzgitter branch canal, which was opened in 1940 as the connection of today's Salzgitter AG to the waterway network, leads from the Mittelland Canal Wendeburg in about 18 km to Salzgitter.
By bicycle
- The Berlin - Hameln cycle path leads through Salzgitter and directly along the Salzgittersee.
- In addition, the regional Fuhse cycle path leads through the city.
mobility
The city and the surrounding area are served by numerous bus routes. Information on regional public transport is available on Association tariff for the Braunschweig region to find.
Tourist Attractions
Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples
- 1 Kniestedter Church. The church from the early 15th century is now a cultural center.
- 2 Steterburg Monastery. Former women's monastery, founded around 1000, with a baroque collegiate church from 1752/58.
- 3 Marienkirche. The St. Marien Church in Engerode, built in the 13th century, is known for its Gothic vault and wall paintings from the 15th century.
- 4 Salder Castle Church. Baroque cross-hall church, built in 1713/17.
Castles, chateaux and palaces
- 5 Lichtenberg Castle. Ruins of a hilltop castle from the 12th century.
- 6 Salder Castle. Renaissance castle from the early 17th century. Today it houses the city's museum.
- 7 Ringelheim Castle. a former monastery from the 10th century on the Innerste, that from 1817 received its current castle character through additions and extensions.
Monuments
- 8 Tower of work. in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt.
- 9 Jammertal Cemetery Memorial (in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt on Peiner Straße at the level of Steinmetzweg). Five memorial stones as a memorial.
- 10 Klesmer monument in Salzgitter-Bad on Klesmerplatz reminds of the traveling musicians of the 19th century
Parks and gardens
- 11 Salzgittersee is an approximately 75 hectare man-made lake in the west of the Salzgitteran district of Lebenstedt and is surrounded by about 15 kilometers of paths.
- 12 Salzgitter-Bad sculpture trail is a sculpture trail that is part of the European Road of Peace shows ten steel sculptures by well-known artists.
activities
- Rides with the historic steam train on the Warning valley railway.
shop
kitchen
nightlife
- rock cafe in SZ-Lebenstedt
- Jazz gallery in SZ-Lebenstedt, Thiestraße 21
- Aladin Shisha Lounge in SZ-Lebenstedt
accommodation
Cheap
medium
- 1 Hotel-Restaurant Ratskeller (Ratskeller Salzgitter-Bad), Marktplatz 10, 38259 Salzgitter (-Bad). Tel.: 49(0)5341 30132-0, Fax: 49(0)5341 30132-42, Email: [email protected].
Upscale
- 2 Hotel on the lake, Kampstrasse 37-42, 38226 Salzgitter. Tel.: 49 (0)5341 18900, Email: [email protected].
Learn
Work
security
There are no special social hot spots or areas with an increased security risk in Salzgitter. However, general safety rules, as in other cities, should be observed, because of course there is also crime in Salzgitter.
- 1 Police inspection in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, Joachim-Campe-Str. 21, 38226 Salzgitter, Germany. Tel.: (0)5341 18970, Fax: (0)5341 1897150.
- 2 Police station in Salzgitter-Bad, Am Pfingsanger 2, 38259 Salzgitter. Tel.: (0)5341 8250.
- 3 Salzgitter-Gebhardshagen police station, Oderstrasse 32, 38229 Salzgitter. Tel.: (0)5341 7361.
- 4 Police station in Salzgitter-Thiede, Schulring 16, 38239 Salzgitter. Tel.: (0)5341 293470.
health
Practical advice
- 5 Tourist information, Windmühlenbergstr. 20, 38259 Salzgitter, Germany. Tel.: (0)5341 90099-40, Fax: (0)5341 90099-11, Email: [email protected].
trips
literature
Web links
https://www.salzgitter.de/ - Official website of Salzgitter
