Barsinghausen (German pronunciation: [ˌbaʁzɪŋˈhaʊ̯zn̩]) is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Barsinghausen adjoins Wunstorf, Seelze, Gehrden, Springe, Bad Nenndorf and Wennigsen.

At that time, fertile loess soil and a number of influent streams to river Südaue constituted a central fundament for farming and numerous windmills in Calenberg Land.

After World War II, other sectors of industry began to dominate Barsinghausen's economy.

(each time at 31 December) Barsinghausen is home to "Kloster Barsinghausen", a nunnery first mentioned in 1193 (now a Lutheran women's convent, to Monastery Church St. Mary ("Marienkirche"), to the Deister Open Air Theater (“Deister Freilichtbühne”), to the exhibition mine “Klosterstollen”, to Sport Hotel Fuchsbachtal and to Lower Saxony's Soccer Association.