Algermissen Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Algermissen.jpg
Coordinates:52.2544°N 9.9711°W
Image Plan:Algermissen in HI.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Hildesheim
Elevation:76
Area:35.62
Gemeindeschlüssel:03254003
Postal Code:31191
Area Code:05126
Licence:HI
Website:www.algermissen.de
Mayor:Frank-Thomas Schmidt[1]
Leader Term:2023 - 28
Party:independent

Algermissen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Hildesheim, and 20 km southeast of Hanover. The name of the town originates from a prominent German family who lived in the area until the Revolutions of 1848—the Algermissens were of the revolutionary party and were driven from Germany when the revolution was suppressed. Part of the family relocated to Missouri, in the United States, but the town continued to bear their name.[2]

Notable residents

The German actress Diane Kruger was born in Algermissen.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen. April 2021. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. Stevens, Walter Barlow. Centennial History of Missouri (The Center State) -- One Hundred Years in the Union 1820-1921, SJ Clark Publishing Company, 1921. Page 857.