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Town in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Alfeld (Leine) is in the southern part of Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Shoelast production site that has been operative since the 1910s. Designed in 1911 by Walter Gropius who would later become a founder of the Bauhaus school and leading representative of modern architecture. The Fagus Factory is one of the first works of modernism in the world and has been inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2011.
Local trains from Hanover, Uelzen and Göttingen call every hour. They take a little over half an hour from Hanover or 40 minutes from Göttingen, where you may connect from high-speed and intercity trains.
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Hannover · International · HAJ
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