Lengede (Germany)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Lengede (Germany)
Coordinates
E0101800 E0101800 N0521200 N0521200 (geonet )
Associated country
Germany
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 235469508
Wikidata: Q627559
Library of congress: no2004072465
OCoLC: oca06405343
Sources of Information
  • GEONet names server, July 29, 2004(Lengede, PPL, GM06 [Germany, Niedersachsen]; 52°12ʹ00ʺN, 010°18ʹ00ʺE)
  • Das Wunder von Lengede [VR] c2003.
  • GEONet names server, July 29, 2004(Lengede, PPL, GM06 [Germany, Niedersachsen]; 52⁰12ʹ00ʺN, 010⁰18ʹ00ʺE)
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Wikipedia description:

Lengede (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛŋədə]) is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 18 kilometers southwest of Braunschweig and 40 kilometers southeast of Hanover. It became known to the world in 1963 because of a mining disaster and the subsequent rescue operation of eleven surviving miners, which became known as the "Wunder von Lengede" ("Miracle of Lengede").

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