Wunstorf
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, Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen, 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
- 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: 1 seat
Traffic
Wunstorf has 2 exits on motorway A 2.
Wunstorf railway station has 4 trains per hour to Hanover, 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, politician, Member of Bundestag since 2009
- Ernst Jünger, writer
- Polykarp Leyser IV, Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian
- Joost Schmidt, typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus
- Andreas Spengler, psychiatrist and psychotherapist
