Construction plans stemmed from Hubert Stier, then professor at the Royal College of Technology in Hannover.

[3] Remarkable reliefs are a Brunswick Lion and an eagle which represented Coat of arms of Prussia.

[4] Kreiensen station is still a transfer site of Deutsche Bahn, NordWestBahn and Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft.

For most of the 20th century, Kreiensen also served as an important logistic center for the Federal German Mail (Deutsche Bundespost).

When the latter was privatized and the new Hanover–Würzburg high-speed railway was opened in 1991, Kreiensen quickly lost a number of jobs in both sectors.