Harsum

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Harsum within Hildesheim district

(2021–26) Marcel Litfin^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total49.93 km² (19.28 sq mi)Elevation

70 m (230 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total11,438 • Density230/km² (590/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

31177

Dialling codes05127Vehicle registrationHIWebsitewww.harsum.de

Harsum is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km north of Hildesheim, and 25 km southeast of Hanover.

Harsum view from north with St. Cäcilia

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Subdivisions

Besides Harsum proper, the municipality consists of the villages of Adlum, Asel, Borsum, Hönnersum, Hüddessum, Klein Förste, Machtsum and Rautenberg.

Personalities

Johannes Nordhoff (1870-1950), Chairman of the Employers' Association of German Insurance Companies
Joop Bergsma (1928-2011), Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian

References

^ "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.