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Alfeld
Coat of arms	Location
Coordinates	51°59′19″N 9°49′37″E / 51.98861, 9.82694
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hildesheim
Mayor	Bernd Beushausen (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	72.86 km² (28 sq mi)
- Elevation	145 m  (476 ft)
Population	20,887  (18/09/2005)
- Density	287 /km² (742 /sq mi)
Other information
Postal code	31061
Area code	05181
Licence plate code	HI
Website	www.alfeld.de

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History and main sights

The town was founded in 1214. Sights in Alfeld include the town hall (1586) with its octagonal tower, the church Saint Nicolai and the Fillerturm, a medieval watchtower. More famous are the Seven Mountains (German: Sieben Berge) in the north and the Lippoldshöhle ("Lippold's cave"), where a legendary robber-knight is said to have lived. Events Simon Apulia becomes Bishop of Exeter. ...

Culture

The assertion that in Alfeld the popular fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was born, is false. Even though, the miners who mined ore In the Seven Mountains believed in the existence of dwarfs, it is more likely that the cradle of the fairy tale is to be searched in France. The version the brothers Grimm heard and wrote down, as they travelled through the Seven Mountains, on the so called Maerchenstrasse (Street Of Fairytales) is just one of many. Snow White in her coffin, Theodor Hosemann, 1852. ... For information about the other uses of the name, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation). ...

Economy

The biggest employer of the city is the SAPPI (South African Pulp and Paper Industry) factory with its big chimney, which has become one of Alfeld's landmarks. Even more famous than SAPPI is the "Fagus Werk", rebuilt in 1910-1915 after the blueprints of architect Walter-Gropius, what is said to be trend-setting for modern architecture.

Popular Culture

Alfeld is a strategically important town fought for repeatedly by both NATO and Soviet forces in Tom Clancy's novel Red Storm Rising.

External links

• Town website

Cities and towns in Hildesheim district

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