Wunstorf

Wunstorf
Pedestrian zone in the town centre of Wunstorf
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 52°25′39″N 9°25′46″E / 52.42750°N 9.42944°E / 52.42750; 9.42944Coordinates: 52°25′39″N 9°25′46″E / 52.42750°N 9.42944°E / 52.42750; 9.42944
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Subdivisions	14 districts
Government
• Mayor	Rolf-Axel Eberhardt (CDU)
Area
• Total	126.60 km2 (48.88 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	41,480
• 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 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 – 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)^[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

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[]

Wunstorf is twinned with:^[3]

• Flers, France
• Wolmirstedt, Germany

Notable people[]

• Polykarp Leyser IV (1690–1728), Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian
• Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
• Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer
• Andreas Spengler (born 1947), psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• Heinz-Joachim Barchmann (born 1950), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 2009

Gallery[]

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  Steinhude (Peace oak) Friedenseiche

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