Wunstorf
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Pedestrian zone in the town centre of Wunstorf | ||
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  Wunstorf | ||
Location of Wunstorf within Hanover district 
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| Coordinates: 52°25′39″N 9°25′46″E / 52.42750°N 9.42944°ECoordinates: 52°25′39″N 9°25′46″E / 52.42750°N 9.42944°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Lower Saxony | |
| District | Hanover | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Rolf-Axel Eberhardt (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 126.60 km2 (48.88 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 41,251 | |
| • Density | 330/km2 (840/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 31515 | |
| Dialling codes | 05031, 05033 (Steinhude and Großenheidorn), 05723 (Idensen-Niengraben) | |
| Vehicle registration | H | |
| Website | www.wunstorf.de | |
Wunstorf 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 city of Wunstorf: Blumenau (with Liethe), Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen (with Idensermoor and Niengraben), Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, and Wunstorf.
The city is giving 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.
Demography
- 1830 - ca. 1.910
- 1840 - ca. 2.300
- 1871 - 2.455
- 1885 - 2.963
- 1905 - 4.523
- 1949 - 11.610 (of this 3.490 were refugees and displaced persons)[2]
- 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
Traffic
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 Hanover-Langenhagen about 25 km via motorways A2 and A352.
Pictures
Personalities
- Heinz-Joachim Barchmann (born 1950), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 2009
- Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), writer
- Polykarp Leyser IV (1690-1728 in Helmstedt), Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian
- Joost Schmidt (1893-1948 in Nuremberg), typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
- Andreas Spengler (born 1947), psychiatrist and psychotherapist
References
- ↑ Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus 2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2015 (Tabelle K1020014)
- ↑ s. E. Holodynski, Armin Mandel, S.17
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