Schöningen is a city of 13,500 inhabitants (2003) in Helmstedt, Lower Saxony. In its current form, it was created in 1974 by joining the municipalities of Esbeck, Hoiersdorf, and Schöningen.
The main industry in Schöningen is open-cast mining of lignite, which is used for electricity generation in the Buschhaus plant. Both mining and generation are operated by the Braunschweigische Kohlebergwerke AG.
The first historical mentioning of Schöningen was in 748. In the 14th century, Schöningen became a city; at the same time the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg built a palace here.
By Hartmut Thieme: "Since 1983 the Institut für Denkmalpflege, Hannover, has led long-term archaeological excavations under the direction of the author in the area of the Schoeningen (Schöningen) brown-coal mine.
During the course of the mining operation and excavation of Holocene sites from the Neolithic to Iron Age, the Pleistocene exposures were constantly monitored and analysed by geological and environmental specialists"...
The city of Schoeningen, Lower Saxony/Germany, boasts of being one of the most important archaeological find spots in the world.
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