Lachendorf Explained

Image Coa:	Lachendorf-Wappen.jpg
Coordinates:	52.6167°N 25°W
Image Plan:	Lachendorf in CE.svg
State:	Niedersachsen
District:	Celle
Samtgemeinde:	Lachendorf
Elevation:	49
Area:	38.23
Postal Code:	29331
Area Code:	05145
Licence:	CE
Gemeindeschlüssel:	03 3 51 016
Divisions:	4 districts
Website:	www.lachendorf.de
Mayor:	Hartmut Ostermann
Party:	CDU

Lachendorf (West Low German: Lachendörp) is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km east of Celle.

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

History

In older records Lachendorf is mentioned under the name of Lachtendorp, meaning village at the river Lachte. In 1538 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg chose it as a proper place for a paper mill, which marks the beginning of settlement and commercial development. In 1845 the paper mill was extended to a factory, creating a remarkable amount of workspace in this agricultural region.^[1]

Famous residents

• Wilhelm Trumann, great-great grandfather of the 33rd president of the USA Harry S. Truman^[2]
• Heinrich Severloh (1923–2006), platoon of the Wehrmacht and rifleman on Omaha Beach
• Konstantin Rausch (born 1990), football/soccer player for Hannover 96

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany.

Twin towns – Sister cities

Lachendorf is twinned with:

• Bricquebec, Manche, Normandy, France^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Martin Wittmann, Kurt W. Seebo: Lachendorf. Ed. I, Lachendorf 1988

Sources

Notes and References

1. Mußmann, Olaf: Papier, Pulver und sanfte Energie – Alltag und Technik im vorindustriellen Mühlengewerbe, Münster 1993, pp. 25 ff.
2. Comp. germanoriginality.com .
3. Web site: National Commission for Decentralised cooperation. 2013-12-26. Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères). French. dead. https://archive.today/20131127063207/http://www.cncd.fr/frontoffice/bdd-region.asp?action=getRegion&id=4#tabs3. 2013-11-27.