Wedemark (
Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the
district of Hanover, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
. It ranks third on average per capita income in Lower Saxony.
Geography
Wedemark's neighbors are the municipalities Burgwedel, Isernhagen, Langenhagen, Garbsen, Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lindwedel and Wietze (clockwise, beginning in the East).
Division of the town
Wedemark consists of 16 formerly independent villages, with a total of nearly 30,000 inhabitants all together.
*Abbensen
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Bennemühlen
Wedemark ( Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of Hanover
Hanover (; ger ...
*Berkhof (with Plumhof and Sprockhof)
*Bissendorf
*Brelingen
*Duden-Rodenbostel
*Elze
*Gailhof
*Hellendorf
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Meitze
Meitze is a village in the municipality Wedemark, in Lower Saxony. Meitze covers about 11 square kilometres, including areas used for agriculture and forestry.
General information
The village is mainly noted for the cobbled high street and a lo ...
*Mellendorf
*Negenborn
*Oegenbostel (with Bestenbostel and Ibsingen)
*Resse
*Scherenbostel (with Schlage-Ickhorst and Wiechendorf)
*Wennebostel (with Wennebostel-Wietze)
Transport
Car
Motorway
A7 (
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
– Hanover) marks the East border of Wedemark (motorway exits in Berkhof and Mellendorf), whereas to the South the
A352 (motorway exit Langenhagen-Kaltenweide) runs towards the north-western edge of Hanover.
Train
There are three train stations in Wedemark, namely in Bennemühlen, Mellendorf and Bissendorf, with half-hourly services to Hanover during weekdays. In Mellendorf and Bennemühlen there are also connecting trains on local line to Hamburg, with the line running through the
Lüneburg Heath
Lüneburg Heath (german: Lüneburger Heide) is a large area of heath, geest, and woodland in the northeastern part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. It forms part of the hinterland for the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen ...
, and the towns of Schwarmstedt, Hodenhagen, Walsrode, Bad Fallingbostel, Soltau and Schneverdingen along the line, taking a total of nearly three hours for 150 km.
Twin towns – sister cities
Wedemark is
twinned with:
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Roye, France
References
External links
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Hanover Region
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