Wunstorf () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately west of Hanover. The following localities belong to the town of Wunstorf: Blumenau (with Liethe), Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen (with Idensermoor and Niengraben), Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, and Wunstorf.
Nearby Wunstorf Air Base of the German Air Force, which participated in the Berlin Airlift and is home to Air Transport Wing 62 since 1978 that operates all German A400Ms, is named after Wunstorf. To the west of the city, and are located on the shores of Lake Steinhude.
Early history The name Wunstorf derives from the early settlement of dating to around . In 1181, Wunstorf was mentioned as a , literally 'citizenry' in Latin and '' in German.
Population 1830 – 1840 – 1871 – 2,455 1885 – 2,963 1905 – 4,523 1949 – 11,610 (of this, 3,490 were refugees and displaced persons)s. E. Holodynski, Armin Mandel, S.17 1998 – 40,848 2000 – 41,474 2005 – 42,215 2010 – 41,244
Local council The local elections on 11 September 2016, had the following results: SPD: 16 seats CDU: 13 seats Alliance '90/The Greens: 6 seats FDP: 2 seats AfD: 4 seats Fraktionslos:(without party) 1 seat
Transport Wunstorf has two exits on motorway A 2.
Wunstorf railway station has four trains per hour to Hanover (a mix of local and regional trains), and two trains per hour each to Minden and Nienburg. The local bus network is designed to allow connections with trains to and from Hanover.
The nearest commercial airport is the Hannover Airport about via motorways A2 and A352.
Twin towns – sister cities
Wunstorf is twinned with: Flers, France Wolmirstedt, Germany
Notable people Polykarp Leyser IV (1690–1728), Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian Johann Dietrich Busch (1700–1753), an organ builder. Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer, soldier, philosopher and entomologist; went to local school Hans Bosse (1938–2023), anthropologist, sociologist and social psychologist; also worked in Papua New Guinea Andreas Spengler (born 1947), psychiatrist and psychotherapist, medical director at local hospital Heinz-Joachim Barchmann (born 1950), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 2009 Nicolas-Gerrit Kühn (born 2000), footballer, played about 140 games
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