Gronau, Lower Saxony Explained

Type:Stadt
Gronau
Image Coa:Wappen Gronau (Leine).png
Coordinates:52.0667°N 56°W
Image Plan:Gronau (Leine) in HI.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Hildesheim
Samtgemeinde:Leinebergland
Elevation:79
Area:88.13
Postal Code:31028
Mayor:Karl Heinz Gieseler SPD
Licence:HI
Gemeindeschlüssel:03254043
Website:www.gronau-leine.de

Gronau (pronounced as /de/) is a town and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the River Leine, approximately 15 km southwest of Hildesheim, and 35 km south of Hanover. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Banteln, Betheln, Brüggen, Despetal and Rheden are part of the municipality Gronau.

Gronau is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Leinebergland.

Honiton, United Kingdom, is twinned with Gronau.

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