Lamspringe

Lamspringe is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Harbarnsen, Neuhof, Sehlem and Woltershausen are part of the municipality Lamspringe. Lamspringe is known historically as the seat of the former Lamspringe Abbey, of which the church and other buildings remain.

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Lamspringe
Municipality
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Location of Lamspringe within Hildesheim district
Location of Lamspringe
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Coordinates: 51°57′N 10°00′E / 51.950°N 10.000°E / 51.950; 10.000
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hildesheim
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Andreas Humbert[1]
Area
• Total	70.46 km2 (27.20 sq mi)
Elevation	211 m (692 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,743
• Density	81.51/km2 (211.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31195
Vehicle registration	HI
Website	www.lamspringe.de
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Glashütte is a small settlement in the district of the Lamspringe community and located around 4 km east of Lamspringe on the L 466 state road to Rhüden in the Schlörbach valley. In the 18th century, the Lamspringe monastery founded a forest glassworks . It was located in the extensive wooded area of the Westerhof monastery forest, which borders the Heber ridge. In 1792 Johann Friedrich Stender from Ziegenhagen resumed glass production in the monastery forest and founded a glassworks with the Stender glass factory. The settlement was founded as a result of the glassworks.

Lamspringe was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Lamspringe.

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