Cremlingen
# Cremlingen

Cremlingen is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Lehre, Königslutter, Sickte, and Braunschweig. Parts of it are adjacent to the Elm hills.

## History

From May 8, 1944 until April 12, 1945 a concentration camp was established in the quarter Schandelah. The camp was a subcamp to the Neuengamme concentration camp.

Until its deestablishment in 1974, the municipalities later merged into Cremlingen were part of the district of Braunschweig.

## Traffic

The municipality has 2 train stations in the towns of Schandelah and Weddel at the railroad from Braunschweig to Magdeburg; Weddel is also served by trains towards Wolfsburg (Weddel loop).

The Federal Highway 1 crosses the municipality from east to west, and since the end of September 2006 Cremlingen has a connection point to the Federal Motorway (Bundesautobahn 39), which offers quick connections both to Wolfsburg and Braunschweig.

## Division of the municipality

Cremlingen was established in 1974 by merging the former municipalities of

* Abbenrode
* Cremlingen
* Destedt
* Gardessen
* Hemkenrode
* Hordorf
* Klein Schöppenstedt
* Schandelah
* Schulenrode
* Weddel

## Notable places

Cremlingen hosts the Cremlingen transmitter, a major medium wave antenna used for broadcasting Deutschlandfunk.

