Burgwedel

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Burgwedel within Hanover district

(2021–26) Ortrud Wendt^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total151.96 km² (58.67 sq mi)Elevation

53 m (174 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total20,506 • Density130/km² (350/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

30938

Dialling codes05139,
05135 (Fuhrberg)Vehicle registrationHWebsitewww.burgwedel.de

Burgwedel (German pronunciation: [bʊʁkˈveːdl̩] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Hanover. It has a population of around 20,200.

Politics and Administration

Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs:

Engensen
Fuhrberg
Großburgwedel (administrative seat)
Kleinburgwedel
Oldhorst
Thönse
Wettmar

Religion

Protestant (Evangelical-Lutheran) Church

Roman Catholic Church

The members of the Roman Catholic St. Paul's parish community Burgwedel make up the second largest religious community of the town. St. Paul's belongs to the diocese of Hildesheim, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg.

Further Christian Communities

Education and Culture

Schools

Libraries

Economics

Companies

The headquarter of Rossmann, a major drugstore chain, is located in Burgwedel.

Twin towns – sister cities

Burgwedel is twinned with:^[3]

Domfront en Poiraie, France

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Carl Graf von Alten (1764-1840), Hanoverian-British general and statesman
Otto Wöhler (1894-1987), General of the Wehrmacht and war criminal
Valmir Sulejmani (born 1996), German footballer, played about 230 games

Notable residents

Hermann Bahlsen, (1927-2014), bakery factory manufacturer
Dieter Schatzschneider, (born 1958), soccer player, played 399 games
Christian Wulff, (born 1959), politician (CDU), former Federal President, former Lower Saxony Minister President
Hendrik Hoppenstedt (born 1972), politician, (CDU), member of the Bundestag since 2013, previously local mayor
Bettina Wulff, (born 1973), wife of Christian Wulff
Mike Hanke, (born 1983), footballer, played 322 games and 12 for Germany

References

^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ "24 jumelages franco-allemands dans l'Orne". Ouest-France.fr. 21 January 2013.