Sehnde

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Sehnde
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Sehnde within Hanover district
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Coordinates: 52°18′58″N 9°57′51″E / 52.31611°N 9.96417°E / 52.31611; 9.96417
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Subdivisions	15 districts
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Olaf Kruse[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	103.44 km2 (39.94 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	24,157
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31319
Dialling codes	05138, 05132 (Ilten)
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.sehnde.de

Sehnde is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located approximately 15 kilometres southeast of Hanover.

Sehnde was formed in 1974 by combining fifteen autonomous villages which belonged to three different districts: Bilm, Bolzum, Dolgen, Evern, Gretenberg, Haimar, Höver, Ilten, Klein Lobke, Müllingen, Rethmar, Sehnde, Wassel, Wehmingen, and Wirringen. Sehnde received its town charter in 1997.

The whole area was agricultural for centuries, until large salt and potash deposits were discovered at the end of the 19th century. Several potash mines were dug, the first at Gustavshall in Hohenfels in 1896. During the 20th century, Sehnde and Ilten were the chief beneficiaries of the mines, until the last one was closed in 1995. Since the 1950s, most of the area has been transformed into dormitory villages, while jobs have concentrated in Hannover. In 2005, small one-family houses dominate large parts of Sehnde and its villages.

The former potash mine Hohenfels in Wehmingen houses the national German tramway museum, the Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum.

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