Burgwedel
Burgwedel is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northeast of Hanover.Politics and Administration
Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs:
- Engensen
- Fuhrberg
- Großburgwedel
- Kleinburgwedel
- Oldhorst
- Thönse
- Wettmar
Religion
Protestant (Evangelical-Lutheran) Church
The members of the Roman Catholic St. Paul's parish community Burgwedel builds the second largest religious community of the town. St. Paul's belongs to the diocese of Hildesheim, which is part of the ecclesiastical province of Hamburg.Further Christian Communities
Schools
Libraries
Economics
Companies
Personalities
- Carl Graf von Alten, Hanoverian-British general and statesman
- Otto Wöhler, General of the Wehrmacht and war criminal
- Valmir Sulejmani, German footballer
Personalities living or living on the ground
- Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt,, Member of the European Parliament
- Willi Reimann,, former footballer and football coach
- Gundis Zámbó,, actress
- Mike Hanke,, footballer
- Christian Wulff,, politician, former Federal President, former Lower Saxony Minister President
- Bettina Wulff,, wife of Christian Wulff
- Gerald Asamoah,, footballer
- Dieter Schatzschneider,, soccer player
- Hermann Bahlsen,, bakery factory manufacturer
