Walsrode

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Walsrode

Walsrode
Coat of arms of Walsrode
Walsrode is located in Germany
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Walsrode
Coordinates 52°52′N 9°35′E / 52.86667°N 9.58333°E / 52.86667; 9.58333
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Heidekreis
Town subdivisions 22 districts
Mayor Silke Lorenz (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area 270.68 km2 (104.51 sq mi)
Elevation 49 m  (161 ft)
Population 23,978 (31 December 2010)
 - Density 89 /km2 (229 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SFA
Postal code 29664
Area code 05161
Website www.walsrode.de

Walsrode (German pronunciation: [valsˈʁoːdə]) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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History

Middle Ages

986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded mention of the town is dated May 7, 986.

1383 The dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg grant Walsrode a town charter.

1479 First recorded instance of Walsrode's coat of arms. At the end of the 15th century the sculptor Hans Brüggemann, creator of the renowned Bordesholm Altar of Schleswig Cathedral, is born in the town.

Early Modern Times

1626 Extensive destruction in the town by the troops of Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War.

1757 The town is totally destroyed by a catastrophic fire.

1811 During the Napoleonic era, Walsrode becomes a border town between France and the Kingdom of Westphalia.

1866 Annexation of Walsrode by Prussia.

1890 Railroad first extends to Walsrode.

1897 The poet Hermann Löns first visits the town.

20th century

1935 Löns, who died in 1914, is reburied in Walsrode.

1957 The German border patrol agency (Bundesgrenzschutz) establishes a training school in the town.

1984 The state legislature of Lower Saxony allows the town to incorporate as in "independent community".

Places of interest

  • Rischmannshof Heath Museum

See also

  • Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 
Towns and municipalities in Heidekreis
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Coat of arms
Borough of Walsrode

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 Walsrode
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