Schladen Explained

Type:Ortsteil
Municipality:Schladen-Werla
Image Coa:Wappen Schladen.jpg
Coordinates:52.0167°N 42°W
State:Niedersachsen
District:Wolfenbüttel
Elevation:97
Area:30.66
Population:5041
Stand:2012-12-31
Postal Code:38315
Area Code:05335
Licence:WF
Website:www.schladen.de

Schladen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2013, it is part of the municipality Schladen-Werla. It is situated on the river Oker, approx. 15 km south of Wolfenbüttel, and 25 km south of Braunschweig.

Schladen was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Schladen. The German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer Leo von Klenze was born in Schladen on February 29, 1784.