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Schöningen is a city of 13,000 inhabitants (2005) in the district of Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. In its current form, it was created in 1974 by joining the municipalities of Esbeck, Hoiersdorf, and Schöningen. Schöningen is located on the German Framework Road. The main industry in Schöningen is open-cast mining of lignite, which is used for electricity generation in the Buschhaus plant. Both mining and generation are operated by E.ON subdivisions, open-cast mining will be closed down in 2015. The Buschhaus plant now inhibits three lines of thermal waste treatment.
[edit] HistoryThe first historical mentioning of Schöningen was in 747. In the 14th century, Schöningen became a city; at the same time the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg built a palace here. In archaeology, Schöningen is famous for seven palaeolithic wooden spears found in an opencast mine near the town. The spears are about 400,000 years old (Klein. 2005. p114), and are the world's oldest known wooden artifacts. They were found in combination with the remains of about 20 wild horses, whose bones contain numerous butchery marks. This is considered proof that early humans were active hunters. [edit] International relationsMain article: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany [edit] Twin towns — Sister citiesSchöningen is twinned with:
[edit] ReferencesKLEIN, R. 2005. Hominin dispersals in the old world. In Scarre, C (ed.) The human past: World prehistory and the development of human societies. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. [edit] External links
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