Kreiensen

Kreiensen
Ortsteil of Einbeck
Coat of arms of Kreiensen Coat of arms
Kreiensen
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Town	Einbeck
Area
• Total	65.32 km2 (25.22 sq mi)
Population (2011-12-31)
• Total	6,846
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	37574
Dialling codes	05563
Vehicle registration	NOM, EIN, GAN
Website	www.kreiensen.de

Kreiensen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2013, it is part of the town Einbeck.

Geography

Kreiensen is situated on the river Leine, approx. 20 km north of Northeim, and 35 km south of Hildesheim.

It lies in southern Niedersachsen in the foothills of the Harz and Solling Mountains. On the north are the heights of the Helleberg, on the southwest the Hube, and on the northwest the Selter. The Gande, a northeastern tributary of the Leine, flows through the center of Kreiensen.

Economy

For most of the 20th century, Kreiensen was known as both a railroad hub (with five lines interchanging, for example Hanoverian Southern Railway) and an important logistic center for the Federal German Mail (Deutsche Bundespost). When the latter was privatized and the new high-speed rail line (Hannover-Würzburg) was opened in 1991, Kreiensen quickly lost a number of jobs in both sectors.

File:Railway station Kreiensen 1963.JPG

Railway station in Kreiensen in the year 1963.