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Location of Seelze within Hanover district  | |
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| Coordinates:52°23′46″N09°35′53″E / 52.39611°N 9.59806°E /52.39611; 9.59806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hanover |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–26) | Alexander Masthoff[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.08 km2 (20.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 34,798 |
| • Density | 643.5/km2 (1,667/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 30926 |
| Dialling codes | 05137, 0511, 05031 |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www |
Seelze (German pronunciation:[ˈzeːltsə]ⓘ) is a town in thedistrict of Hanover, inLower Saxony,Germany. It is situated on the riverLeine, approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west ofHanover. Today Seelze mainly plays the role of abedroom town for commuters working in Hanover.
The local museum and museum of local history (Heimatmuseum Seelze) has been situated in Seelze since moving there in 2018 from a timber-framed building dating to 1856 located the incorporated district ofLetter. Subjects of the museum include history of Seelze and its incorporated villages, history of the integration of German postwar refugees from former German territories that are now a part of Russia and Poland, and history of the Seelze marshalling yard (Rangierbahnhof). About three times a year special exhibitions are shown. The permanent exhibition shows a shoemaker's workshop, a hairdresser's shop from about 1920, a schoolroom of a village from about 1900, and a living room ("Gute Stube") of about 1900.[3]
Seelze and its subdivisions have three stations on theHanover S-Bahn network: Letter, Seelze and Dedensen/Gümmer. All are located on the lines S1 and S2.
TheSeelze marshalling yard [de] is an importantmarshalling yard in Germany. It is located on the "Freight train bypass Hanover" (Wunstorf – Lehrte) and has 51 classification tracks, 6 main running tracks and workshops forfreight cars andelectric locomotives on a length of about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi). With about 200 freight trains a day beginning, ending or passing through the yard, it is a major European marshalling yard and one of the biggest in Germany.
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