# Harsum

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{{Infobox German place
|image_coa            = Wappen Harsum.png
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|12|N|9|57|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Harsum in HI.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Hildesheim
|elevation              = 70
|area            = 49.93
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03254020
|postal_code       = 31177
|area_code         = 05127
|licence           = HI
|website           = [http://www.harsum.de/ www.harsum.de]
|mayor             = Marcel Litfin<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](/source/Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik_Niedersachsen)}}</ref>
|leader_term       = 2021&ndash;26
|party             = Ind
}}
'''Harsum''' is a village and a municipality in the [district of Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim_(district)), in [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated approximately 6&nbsp;km north of [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim), and 25&nbsp;km southeast of [Hanover](/source/Hanover).

{{Wide image|Harsum_Panorama.jpg|600px|Harsum view from north with St. Cäcilia}}
{{commons category|Harsum}}

==Subdivisions==
Besides Harsum proper, the municipality consists of the villages of Adlum, Asel, Borsum, Hönnersum, Hüddessum, Klein Förste, Machtsum and Rautenberg.

== Personalities ==
* Johannes Nordhoff (1870-1950), Chairman of the Employers' Association of German Insurance Companies
* Joop Bergsma (1928-2011), Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian

== References ==
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{{Cities and towns in Hildesheim (district)}}

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Category:Hildesheim (district)

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