Kalefeld

Kalefeld
Kalefeld
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kalefeld within Northeim district
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	Coordinates: 51°47′53″N 10°02′06″E / 51.79806°N 10.03500°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Jens Meyer (SPD)
Area
• Total	84.16 km2 (32.49 sq mi)
Elevation	125 m (410 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,089
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37589
Dialling codes	05553
Vehicle registration	NOM
Website	www.kalefeld.de

Kalefeld is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km north of Northeim. It comprises the villages of Dögerode, Eboldshausen, Echte, Kalefeld, Oldenrode, Oldershausen, Sebexen, Westerhof, Wiershausen, and Willershausen.

In 2008, a Roman battlefield was excavated near the town. Currently it is very probable that Roman legionaries won a battle for a blocked pass against local Germanic fighters.

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

[mayor-1] "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.

[2] "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

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