What is Alfeld?
{{Infobox German location|type=Stadt|image_photo=Alfeld Rathaus 1 2005.jpg|image_caption=Alfeld town hall, behind St.&nbsp;Nicolai|image_coa=DEU Alfeld (Leine) COA.png|state=Niedersachsen|district=Hildesheim|mayor=Bernd Beushausen<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://wahlen.statistik.niedersachsen.de/SW2021/reports/DW/DW_Uebersicht.pdf|title=Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021|date=13 October 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref>|party=SPD|area=72.86|elevation=145|Gemeindeschlüssel=03254002|licence=HI, ALF|area_code=05181|postal_code=31061|website=[https://www.alfeld.de/ www.alfeld.de]|image_plan=Alfeld (Leine) in HI.svg|coordinates={{coord|51|59|19|N|9|49|37|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}|leader_term=2021&ndash;26}} '''Alfeld''' is a town in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is near the [[Leine]] River. [[Sieben Berge]] (Seven Hills) is to the northeast. The town is in the [[Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg]]. It is within the district of [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]] in the southern part of Lower Saxony. The population in 2020 was about 18,500. The main political parties are [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] and then [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]. The town is both Protestant and Catholic. == History == The town was part of the Hanseatic League in the [[Middle Ages]]. The town was originally [[Catholicism|Catholic]], but was also [[Protestantism|Protestant]] after the 16th century. Before the [[Thirty Years' War|Thirty Year's War]], the town was economically and culturally successful. The town was part of Prussia in the 19th century. == Tourist attractions == There is a historic part of town and several museums. The historic town includes a Latin School from 1610, a marketplace, and several churches like the St. Nicholas Church.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sehenswürdigkeiten - Alfeld (Leine)|url=https://www.alfeld.de/kultur-tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten|access-date=2022-07-21|website=www.a