Wennigsen

Wennigsen
Wennigsen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wennigsen within Hanover district
	Wennigsen Wennigsen
	Coordinates: 52°16′27″N 9°34′15″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Subdivisions	8 districts
Government
• Mayor	Christoph Meineke (Ind.)
Area
• Total	53.78 km2 (20.76 sq mi)
Elevation	99 m (325 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,996
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	30974
Dialling codes	05103, 05109,; 05105, 05045
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.wennigsen.de

Wennigsen is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, approx. 15 km southwest of Hanover.

Geography

Wennigsen borders on (from north and clockwise) Gehrden, Ronnenberg, Springe and Barsinghausen. The highest elevation is the Bröhn, the highests hill of the Deister with 405 meters.

History

The founding date of Wennigsen is unknown. It possibly dates back to 5th to 8th century. The first dated occurrence (1199 to 1206) is a copy of a certificate from bishop Hartbert of Hildesheim. At this time there was a settlement of Bernhard, earl of Poppenburg, in Wennigsen. He had three roses each with five leaves in his coat of arms. Today Wennigsen bears one of them in its coat of arms.

During the Thirty Years' War Wennigsen was near to be completely destroyed.

Duke George William of Hanover (later of Brunswick-Lüneburg) split the Großvogtei Calenberg and founded a new Amt Calenberg in which Wennigsen became court place. The Magistrates' Court of Wennigsen still exists.

Town hall Wennigsen (Deister)

Personality

Adolph Freiherr Knigge

Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752-1796), born in Bredenbeck, writer of the Enlightenment
Heinz Erhardt (1909-1979), German comedian, musician and actor, lived at the Wennigser Mark
Gesine Meissner (born 1952), politician (FDP), a member of the European Parliament
Hans-Georg Wenzel (1949-1999), geodesist, geophysicist and university lecturer
Christoph Meineke (born 1979), Mayor of Wennigsen (Deister)

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References

Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018.

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[1] Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2018.