Lauenförde

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Lauenförde within Holzminden district

51°39′38″N 9°23′16″E / 51.66056°N 9.38778°E / 51.66056; 9.38778CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictHolzminden Municipal assoc.BoffzenSubdivisions2Government

• MayorWerner Tyrasa (SPD)Area

• Total17 km² (7 sq mi)Elevation

105 m (344 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total2,390 • Density140/km² (360/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

37697

Dialling codes05273Vehicle registrationHOL

Lauenförde is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The historian Friedrich Uhlhorn (1894–1978) was born in the city.

Coat of arms

The arms were granted in 1927 and based on a seal of the Amt Lauenförde from 1779. The lion is the so-called Welfen-lion, indicating that the town belonged to this family. The waves symbolise the Weser. Lauenförde is situated on the Weser and used to be one of the major crossing points of this river. It has also been stated that the arms are canting, derived from Löwenfurt (Lion-ford).

References

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

Towns and municipalities in Holzminden (district)