Wunstorf | |
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 Pedestrian zone in the town centre of Wunstorf | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wunstorf within Hanover district  | |
  Wunstorf  Wunstorf | |
| Coordinates: 52°25′39″N 9°25′46″E / 52.42750°N 9.42944°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hanover |
| Subdivisions | 14 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Carsten Piellusch[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 126.60 km2 (48.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 41,481 |
| • Density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 31515 |
| Dialling codes | 05031, 05033 (Steinhude and Großenheidorn), 05723 (Idensen-Niengraben) |
| Vehicle registration | H |
| Website | www.wunstorf.de |
Wunstorf (German pronunciation: [ˈvʊnsˌtɔʁf] ⓘ) is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km west of Hanover. The following localities belong to the town of Wunstorf: Blumenau (with Liethe), Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen (with Idensermoor and Niengraben), Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, and Wunstorf.
The town gave its name to nearby Wunstorf Air Base of the German Air Force. To the west of the city, Steinhude and Großenheidorn are located on the shores of Lake Steinhuder Meer.
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Population
- 1830 – c. 1,910
- 1840 – c. 2,300
- 1871 – 2,455
- 1885 – 2,963
- 1905 – 4,523
- 1949 – 11,610 (of this, 3,490 were refugees and displaced persons)[3]
- 1998 – 40,848
- 2000 – 41,474
- 2005 – 42,215
- 2010 – 41,244
Local council
The local elections on September 11, 2016, had the following results:
- SPD: 16 seats
- CDU: 13 seats
- Alliance '90/The Greens: 6 seats
- FDP: 2 seats
- AfD: 4 seats
- Fraktionslos:(without party) 1 seat
Transport
Wunstorf has 2 exits on motorway A 2.
Wunstorf railway station has 4 trains per hour to Hanover (a mix of local and regional trains), and 2 trains per hour each to Minden and Nienburg. The local bus network is designed to allow connections with trains to/from Hanover.
The nearest commercial airport is the Hannover Airport about 25 km via motorways A2 and A352.
Twin towns – sister cities
Flers, France
Wolmirstedt, Germany
Notable people
- Polykarp Leyser IV (1690–1728), Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian
- Johann Dietrich Busch (1700–1753), an organ builder.
- Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
- Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer, soldier, philosopher and entomologist; went to local school
- Hans Bosse (1938–2023), anthropologist, sociologist and social psychologist; alos worked in Papua New Guinea
- Andreas Spengler (born 1947), psychiatrist and psychotherapist, medical director at local hospital
- Heinz-Joachim Barchmann (born 1950), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 2009
- Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (born 2000), footballer, played about 140 games
Gallery
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References
- ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ s. E. Holodynski, Armin Mandel, S.17
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaft". wunstorf.de (in German). Wunstorf. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
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