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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Gemeinde
|name              = Vechelde
|image_coa            = DEU Vechelde COA.svg
|image_photo       = Vechelde town hall 02.jpg
|image_caption     = Town hall Vechelde
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|15.65|N|10|22.32|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Vechelde in PE.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Peine
|elevation              = 74
|area            = 75.89
|postal_code               = 38159
|area_code           = 05302, 05300
|licence               = PE
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 57 007
|divisions         = 17 districts
|website           = [http://www.vechelde.de/ www.vechelde.de]
|mayor             = Tobias Grünert<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/KW2021/reports/DW/20210912_DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = CDU
}}
'''Vechelde''' is a municipality in the [[Peine (district)|district of Peine]], in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is situated approximately 12&nbsp;km southeast of [[Peine]], and 10&nbsp;km west of [[Braunschweig]].

== Municipal subdivisions ==
{|
|-
| width="150" valign="top" |
* Alvesse
* Bettmar
* Bodenstedt
* Denstorf
* Fürstenau
* Groß Gleidingen
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* Klein Gleidingen
* Köchingen
* Liedingen
* Sierße
* Sonnenberg
* Vallstedt
| width="150" valign="top" |
* Vechelade
* Vechelde
* Wahle
* Wedtlenstedt
* Wierthe
|}

== Twinned cities ==
Vechelde is twinned with:
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Valkeakoski]], [[Finland]] since 1976
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Biederitz]] in [[Saxony-Anhalt]], Germany since 1990
* {{flagicon|POL}} [[Niemodlin]], [[Poland]] since 2006

== Main sights ==
<gallery class="center">
 Vechelde Buergerzentrum 01.jpg|The cultural center, former local district court, and “[[Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Duke Ferdinand’s]] gate“
 Rape of Persephone Vechelde.jpg|Statue “[[Rape of Persephone|The Rape of Persephone]]” in Vechelde palace garden
 Zeitraeume-Bodenstedt 02.jpg|“Zeiträume museum“, accessible rooms are presented in their original state, with historical backgrounds from the past 140 years
 Jutetor Vechelde 01.jpg|The “jute gate“, entrance gate of the former [[jute]] [[Spinning (textiles)|spinning mill]]. Today memorial for the victims of the Vechelde concentration camp.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons|Vechelde}}
*[http://www.vechelde.de/ Official website] (German)

{{Cities and towns in Peine (district)}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Peine (district)]]
[[Category:Duchy of Brunswick]]


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