Seelze

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Seelze
Wappen = Wappen Seelze.pnglat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 23 | lat_sec = 46
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 35 | lon_sec = 53
Lageplan =
Lageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Hanover (district)
Höhe = 50
Fläche = 54
Einwohner = 33089
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 30926
PLZ-alt = 3016
Vorwahl = 05137, 0511, 05031
Kfz = H
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 2 41 015
Straße = Rathausplatz 1
Website = [http://www.seelze.de/ www.seelze.de]
Bürgermeister = Detlef Schallhorn
Partei = Independent

Seelze is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 10 km west of Hanover. Today Seelze mainly plays the role of a bedroom town for commuters working in Hanover.

Division of the town

* Seelze (city center)
* Letter
* Almhorst
* Dedensen
* Lohnde
* Döteberg
* Harenberg
* Gümmer
* Velber
* Kirchwehren
* Lathwehren

Transportation

Railway

Seelze and its subdivisions have 3 stations on the Hanover S-Bahn network: Letter, Seelze and Dedensen/Gümmer, all are located on the lines S1 and S2.

Seelze Rbf is a very important marshalling yard in Germany (Rbf: Rangierbahnhof, German for "marshalling yard"). It is located on the "Freight train bypass Hanover" (Wunstorf - Lehrte) and has 51 classification tracks, 6 main running tracks and workshops for freight cars and electric locomotives on a length of about 6 km. With about 200 freight trains a day passing through, beginning or ending here, the yard is a major European marshalling yard and one of the biggest German yards.

Twin towns

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