The village of Klein Hehlen was incorporated in 1939 by law into the adjacent town of Celle. The suburb is northwest of the town centre.
Klein Hehlen | |
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Location of Klein Hehlen  | |
  Klein Hehlen  Klein Hehlen | |
| Coordinates: 52°38′09″N 10°03′23″E / 52.63583°N 10.05639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Celle |
| Town | Celle |
| Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 6,277 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 29223 |
| Dialling codes | 05141 |
Politics
editThe chair of the parish council (Ortsbürgermeister) is Klaus Didschies (CDU).
Culture and points of interest
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- The Church of St Boniface (Bonifatiuskirche) was built in 1657 as a cemetery chapel on the hill of Harburger Berg. In the meantime, from 1758 to 1902, it was used as a garrison church. 300 years after it was built the timber-framed building was moved in 1957 to its present site. The pulpit, donated by Duke Christian Louis, dates to the year 1659; the altar came from Großburgwedel and dates to 1690.
- The (since reduced) collection of books in the former court library founded in the 16th century by Ernest the Confessor, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was merged with the 40,000 books in the library of the Celle-Klein Hehlen theological seminary. This public, religious, academic specialist library offers today a collection of 62,000 books, which are accessible free to those who are interested.
Economy and infrastructure
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- The state firefighting school in Celle was founded in 1931 and is located in Klein Hehlen. The present-day Lower Saxon State Firefighting School (Niedersächsische Landesfeuerwehrschule has a capacity of 160 student places and is a public-law institution with initial and continuation training for members of the volunteer and professional fire services.
- Opposite the firefighting school is the Celle Road Maintenance Office which carries out road inspections and maintenance as well as winter services for the district of Celle.
References
edit- ^ "2020 Stadt-Ortschaften-Stadtteile". Stadt Celle. Retrieved 24 September 2021.