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Meine 
MeineLocation of Meine within Gifhorn district
Coordinates 52°23′N 10°32′E / 52.38333°N 10.53333°ECoordinates: 52°23′N 10°32′E / 52.38333°N 10.53333°E Administration Country Germany State Lower Saxony District Gifhorn Municipal assoc. Papenteich Local subdivisions 8 Ortsteile Mayor Ines Kielhorn (SPD) Basic statistics Area 38.73 km2 (14.95 sq mi) Elevation 79 m (259 ft) Population 8,179 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 211 /km2 (547 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate GF Postal codes 38525 - 38527 Area code 05304 Website www.gemeinde-meine.de 
Map of the Papenteich
Meine is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a village and member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich. The Municipality Meine includes the villages of Abbesbüttel, Bechtsbüttel, Grassel, Gravenhorst, Meine, Meinholz, Martinsbüttel, Ohnhorst, Wedelheine, Wedesbüttel.
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Geography
Neighbourhood
* distance from downtown
City of Gifhorn (13 km) Municipality Rötgesbüttel (6 km) Village Ohnhorst (3 km) Village Rethen (4 km) 
Village Wedelheine (3 km) City of Wolfsburg (18 km) Municipality Vordorf (1 km) Village Abbesbüttel (3 km) Village Grassel (6 km) City of Peine (30 km) City of Braunschweig (17 km) Geographical position
Meine is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath. The Mittellandkanal is crossing the community area. Administratively it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Meine is situated at the German highway 4 and around 7 km to the north of the interchange Brunswick North (A2 /A391). Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.
History
The first documentary mentioning of Meine was in the year 1007. In former times the village was known as Meynum. It is expected that Meine is much older and it may have been erected during the Saxon Wars by troops of Charles the Great. From 11th century on, Meine was a frontier town between the Bishopric of Hildesheim and the Bishopric of Halberstadt. The latest significant upturn started with the construction of a Sugar beet factory in 1883. On 18th of august 2011 a new grammar school called Philipp Melanchthon Gymnasium was opened in Meine. The headmaster is Stephan Oelker.[2]
Culture
Religion
Meine is by the majority Protestant. It forms an evangelic Parish together with the villages Meine, Abbesbüttel, Wedelheine, Wedesbüttel, Grassel, Gravenhorst, Ohnhorst, Meinholz, Martinsbüttel as well as the village of Vordorf.
Politics
Municipal Council
The council of the Municipality Meine consists of 23 councilmen and women:
- Christian Democratic Union 11 mandates
- Social Democratic Party 9 mandates
- Alliance '90/The Greens 1 mandate
- Free Democratic Party 1 mandate
- Others 1 mandate
(Status: community election 10. September 2006 with a voter participation of 59,16 %)
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.
- ^ www.pmg-meine.de
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Categories:- Municipalities in Lower Saxony
- Gifhorn district
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