Meinersen
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Meinersen | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Lower Saxony |
District | Gifhorn |
Municipal assoc. | Meinersen |
Mayor | Ernst-August Niebuhr (CDU) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 53.83 km² (20.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
Population | 8,374 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 156 /km² (403 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | GF |
Postal code | 38536 |
Area code | 05372 |
Website | www.meinersen.de |
Meinersen is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated between the rivers Oker and Aller, approx. 12 km west of Gifhorn, and 25 km southeast of Celle.
Meinersen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Meinersen ("collective municipality"), which consists of the following municipalities:
- Hillerse
- Leiferde
- Meinersen
- Müden (Aller)
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