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Peine
Town
Market square
Market square
Coat of arms of Peine
Coat of arms
Location of Peine within Peine district
HohenhamelnLengedeVecheldeIlsedePeineWendeburgEdemissenPeine (district)Lower SaxonyBraunschweigGifhorn (district)Wolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterHildesheim (district)Hanover (district)
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictPeine
Government
 • MayorMichael Kessler (SPD)
Area
 • Total
119.51 km2 (46.14 sq mi)
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
51,411
 • Density430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31224–31228
Dialling codes05171
Vehicle registrationPE
Websitewww.peine.de

Peine (Eastphalian: Paane) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Peine. It is situated on the river Fuhse and the Mittellandkanal, approx. 25 km west of Braunschweig, and 40 km east of Hanover.

History

A deed from 1130 mentions Berthold von Pagin, ministerialis of Lothair III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who gave his name to the town in the form of Peine. The castle, Burg Peine, dates to this era or before.

The 1201, the Hildesheim Chronicle describes a feud between the bishop Hartbert von Hildesheim and the brothers Ekbert and Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel. Earl Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel was the commander-in-chief of the German army and seneschal in attendance of Otto IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Gunzelin prevailed and won control of Burg Peine and the surrounding area.

South of the castle, Gunzelin founded the town of Peine in 1218 or 1220. In 1223, the settlement gained town privileges. Gunzelin's coat of arms has been the town's symbol ever since.

In 1256, Peine was conquered by Duke Albrecht of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, and after Gunzelin's death in 1260, his sons lost the fief of Peine to the bishop of Hildesheim.

Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, bishop of Hildesheim, 1260–1279, gave Earl Wedekind von Poppenburg the castle, town and county of Peine as a fief. Otto later incorporated Peine as a market town.

Also in 1260, Peine earned the right to mint and issue coins and was, with a few interruptions, a mint for the Bishopric of Hildesheim until 1428. In 1954 and 1956, two of the largest German medieval treasures of silver (95 pieces of round bullion, weighing 7.5 kg, dating from the 14th century) were found under the streets Stederdorfer Straße and Horstweg.

Notable natives

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns – Sister cities

Peine is twinned with:

Pictures of Peine

  • Former City Hall from 1827 on the market square
    Former City Hall from 1827 on the market square
  • The Burgpark
    The Burgpark
  • Jakobi-Kirche
    Jakobi-Kirche
  • Töpfers Mühle
    Töpfers Mühle
  • Steel Factory
    Steel Factory
  • Water Tower in southern Peine
    Water Tower in southern Peine
  • Railway station
    Railway station

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peine.
  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^ "Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion". Nanchang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and Nanchang Municipal Government. Nanchang Economic Information Center. Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
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