Maschen is a village in the municipality of
Seevetal in
Harburg district Harburg may refer to:
Places in Germany
* Harburg (district), Lower Saxony
* Harburg, Bavaria
* Harburg, Hamburg, a borough of Hamburg
** Harburg (quarter), the former Hanoveran city of Harburg upon Elbe, now a quarter of Hamburg
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in the German state of
Lower Saxony. It lies south of
Hamburg on the northern edge of the
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen a ...
and within the
commuter zone of the city of Hamburg.
Maschen Marshalling Yard is the largest of its kind in
Europe and the second biggest in the world. It was opened in 1977.
With its 9,266 inhabitants
(as at: 31 December 2005) Maschen is the second largest village in
Seevetal. Maschen was first mentioned in the records in 1294 as ''Merschene'' (
Low German
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= end of the marsh). In 1671 the first school was built; it has moved location several times since. Today Maschen Primary School is in the centre of Maschen next to the village hall. The restored school clock from the old school has been installed in the tower of the hall.
The ''
Maschen disc brooch'' is an
Early Medieval fibula, which was found on the late
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
grave field near Maschen.
Villages in Lower Saxony
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