Burgdorf, Hanover

Burgdorf
Burgdorf
Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Burgdorf within Hanover district
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
• Mayor	Alfred Baxmann (SPD)
Area
• Total	112.26 km2 (43.34 sq mi)
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	31,287
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31303
Dialling codes	05136, 05085
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.burgdorf.de

Burgdorf (Standard German pronunciation: ['bʊʁk.dɔʁf], Low German: Bortörp) is a town in the Hanover Region, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km northeast of Hanover. Until 1974, Burgdorf was the capital of the Burgdorf district. The town and its surrounding areas are known for the tradition of growing white Asparagus and for breeding Hanoverian horses. Burgdorf hosts a monthly horse market from April to September every year.^[2]

Geography

Burgdorf lies between the city of Hanover and the towns Celle and Peine. It shares borders with Uetze, Lehrte, Isernhagen, Burgwedel and the Celle district. The river Aue flows through the town.

Burgdorf comprises the town proper and the villages Beinhorn, Dachtmissen, Heeßel, Hülptingsen, Otze, Ramlingen-Ehlershausen, Schillerslage, Sorgensen and Weferlingsen. Ramlingen-Ehlershausen consists of the villages Ramlingen and Ehlershausen. Heeßel also includes the hamlet Ahrbeck southwest of the town proper.

Transport

Burgdorf is connected to Hanover via the A37 motorway, which passes into the B3 highway to Celle north of the town. The B188 bypasses the northern side of the town and connects it to Gifhorn and Wolfsburg. The B443 runs from north so south and connects Burgdorf to Lehrte and Sehnde.

Burgdorf has three train stations: Burgdorf (Hannover), Otze and Ehlershausen, which are all part of the Lehrte–Celle railway. They are served every half hour in both directions by the lines S6 and S7 of the Hanover S-Bahn. Burgdorf's train station also has bus terminals for various lines of the RegioBus Hannover and is part of the Großraum-Verkehr Hannover transport association ticketing system.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city

Carl Sprengel (1787-1859), economist, farmer, professor, manufacturer and writer, was born in Schiller's location
Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder (1798-1854), chemist and pharmacist
Heinrich Breling (1849-1914), genre and historical painter
Wilhelm Schönmann (1889-1970), German chess master

Personalities with relationship to Burgdorf

Philipp Spitta (1801-1859), Protestant theologian and song poet, collection of songs Psalter und Harfe 1833, belonged to the Lutheran revival movement
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, (1825-1895), lawyer, first sexual researcher on homosexuality
Arthur Dietzsch (1901-1974), Functional inmate and Kapo
Ernst Albrecht (1930-2014), former Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Lower Saxony (CDU), lived in Burgdorf-Beinhorn
Burkhard Driest (born 1939), actor, writer and producer
Bernd Lange (born 1955), member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004 and again since 2009 (SPD), lives in Burgdorf
Heiko von der Leyen (born 1955), doctor and university lecturer, husband of Ursula von der Leyen, lives in Burgdorf-Beinhorn
Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958), politician, CDU, since 2013 Federal Minister of Defence, resides in Burgdorf-Beinhorn
Florian Meyer (born 1968), Bundesliga and FIFA referees
Jean-Michel Tourette (born 1975), member of the band We are heroes
Hendrik Großöhmichen (born 1985), footballer, played in youth at the Heesseler SV