Burgdorf (district)

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Burgdorf
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Disbanded	1974
Capital	Burgdorf
Area
• Total	825.05 km2 (318.55 sq mi)
Population  (1973)
• Total	148,100
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	BU

The Burgdorf District (not to be confused with the Burgdorf District in Switzerland) is a former district (Landkreis) in Germany. It existed from 1885 to 1974, when it was absorbed in the Hanover District and subsequently in the Hanover Region. Its area corresponds roughly to the present day municipalities of Wedemark, Isernhagen, Burgwedel, Burgdorf, Uetze, Lehrte and Sehnde.

Geography[]

The district comprised the localities of the present day cities

• Burgdorf,
• Burgwedel,
• Lehrte (without ),
• Sehnde (without the villages , , Wassel, and )

and the present-day municipalities

• Isernhagen,
• Uetze (without the villages and ),
• Wedemark

as well as (today part of Edemissen), Harber (today part of Hohenhameln), and (today part of Peine) as well as (today part of Hannover).