Bockenem

Surrounding villages

• Jerze
• Königsdahlum
• Bornum
• Mahlum
• Schlewecke
• Ortshausen
• Volkersheim
• Hary
• Störy
• Bönnien
• Werder
• Nette
• Upstedt
• Bültum
• Groß Ilde
• Klein Ilde
• Wohlenhausen

  Sights

• The village of Störy was famous for having the largest museum of small cars in the world. The museum, however, was closed around 2005.
• The nave of the Protestant Church in Bockenem was built in 1403, its baptismal font dates from 1703.
• Another interesting church can be seen in the village of Nette. The romanesque tower has firing slits and may have been used as a fortification in times of war. The nave dates from 1731. Close to the church, several well-preserved half-timbered houses can be seen.

  Local council (Stadtrat)

International relations

• Güntersberge, Germany
• Zawadzkie, Poland
• Thornbury, United Kingdom.

Personalities

• Karl-Heinz Bädje,, honorary citizen of the city in 1991 and founder of the company Meteor.
• Henriette Schrader-Breymann,, pioneer of the kindergarten system in Germany and early women's rights activist.
• Friedrich Buchholz, Mayor of the town of Bockenem from 1827 to 1865, also worked there as a lawyer. The centrally located Buchholzmarkt was named after him
• Ernst Deger, significant church painter, especially in the Rhineland
• Johann Schwartzkopff,, lawyer at the University of Helmstedt and from 1646 Chancellor in the Duchy of Braunschweig
• Johann Friedrich Weule,, founder of the tower watch company J. F. Weule