Peine

Peine

Peine

Town in Peine district, Lower Saxony, Germany

Peine (German: [ˈpaɪ̯nə] ⓘ; Eastphalian: Paane) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of the district Peine. It is situated on the river Fuhse and the Mittellandkanal, approximately 25 km (16 mi) west of Braunschweig, 27 km (17 mi) northeast of Hildesheim, and 40 km (25 mi) east of Hanover.

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History

Average precipitation values from Peine 1961–1990

A deed from 1130 mentions Berthold von Pagin, ministerialis of Lothair III, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, who gave his name to the town in the form of Peine. The Peine Castle, no longer existing today, dated to this era or before.

The 1201 Hildesheim Chronicle describes a feud between the bishop Hartbert von Hildesheim and the brothers Ekbert and Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel. Earl Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel was the commander-in-chief of the German army and seneschal in attendance of Otto IV, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Gunzelin prevailed and won control of Burg Peine and the surrounding area. South of the castle, Gunzelin founded the town of Peine in 1218 or 1220. In 1223, the settlement gained town privileges. Gunzelin's coat of arms has been the town's symbol ever since.

In 1256, Peine was conquered by Duke Albrecht of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, and after Gunzelin's death in 1260, his sons (see: House of Asseburg) lost the fief of Peine to the bishop of Hildesheim. Otto I of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, bishop of Hildesheim, 1260–1279, gave Earl Wedekind von Poppenburg the castle, town and county of Peine as a fief. Otto later incorporated Peine as a market town.

Also in 1260, Peine earned the right to mint and issue coins and was, with a few interruptions, a mint for the Bishopric of Hildesheim until 1428.

After the imminent shelling of Peine by American tank troops shortly before the End of world war II the cultural functionary and teacher Hans Michael Finger, mayor Wiard Bronleewe and others from the Peine command post went to surrender to the American commander Captain Daniel A. Grundmann in Rosenthal in the morning of April 10, 1945.[3] Finger was acting as an interpreter. Thanks to Finger's explanations, the further bombardment of Peine was averted almost at the last minute.[4]

In 1954 and 1956, two of the largest German medieval treasures of silver (95 pieces of round bullion, weighing 7.5 kg, dating from the 14th century) were found under the streets Stederdorfer Straße and Horstweg. The Peine city archive was directed by Michael Utecht from 1988 to 2019.[5]

Subdivisions

  • Berkum
  • Dungelbeck
  • Duttenstedt
  • Eixe
  • Essinghausen
  • Handorf
  • Peine city centre
  • Röhrse
  • Rosenthal
  • Schmedenstedt
  • Schwicheldt
  • Stederdorf
  • Vöhrum
  • Wendesse
  • Woltorf

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Peine is twinned with:[6]

Notable people

  • Former town hall from 1827 on the market square
  • The Burgpark
  • Jakobi-Kirche
  • Töpfers Mühle
  • Steel Factory
  • Water Tower in southern Peine
  • Railway station

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. [3]
    Meyer, Heinz (1987). Von der Invasion bis zur Kapitulation, Normandie, Ardennenschlacht : die dramatische Verteidigung deutscher Dörfer und Städte und vierzig Jahre danach (in German). Schütz. p. 233. ISBN 9783877251188.
  4. [4]
    Zechel, Artur (1982). Die Geschichte der Stadt Peine: Vom Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 3. Hannover: Madsack. pp. 383–386.
  5. [5]
    Bolte, Kathrin (February 13, 2019). "Stadtarchiv Peine: Leiter Michael Utecht geht in den Ruhestand". .paz-online.de (in German). Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Peines Partnerstädte". peine01.de (in German). Peine. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  • Media related to Peine at Wikimedia Commons
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