Laatzen () is a town in
Hanover Region
Hanover Region () is a districts of Germany, district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Heidekreis, Celle (district), Celle, Gifhorn (district), Gifhorn, Peine (district), Peine, Hildeshe ...
, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
,
Germany
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. It is situated directly south of
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
.
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 (4,300 inh.) and Ingeln-Oesselse (3,700 inh.) were joined to the town.
Twin towns – sister cities
Laatzen is
twinned with:
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Le Grand-Quevilly, France
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Gubin, Poland
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Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
See also
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Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
References
External links
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Official site of Gleidingen
Hanover Region
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