Wedemark is a municipality in the district of Hanover

Hanover (district)

Hanover Region is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Heidekreis, Celle, Gifhorn, Peine, Hildesheim, Hamelin-Pyrmont, Schaumburg and Nienburg....

, in Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approx. 20 km north of Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

. 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 Bennemühlen Berkhof with Plumhof and Sprockhof Bissendorf Brelingen Duden-Rodenbostel Elze Gailhof Hellendorf

Meitze 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 :... Mellendorf Negenborn Oegenbostel with Bestenbostel and Ibsingen Resse Scherenbostel with Schlage-Ickhorst and Wiechendorf Wennebostel Wennebostel-Wietze

Transportation

The motorway A7 (Hamburg - Hanover) marks the East border of Wedemark, whereas to the South the A352 runs. There are three train stations in Wedemark, namely in Bennemuehlen, Mellendorf and Bissendorf, with half-hourly services to Hanover during weekdays. In Mellendorf and Bennemuehlen there are also connecting trains on local line to Hamburg, with the line running through the Luneburg Heath, 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.

External links

• offizielle Internetpräsenz der Gemeinde Wedemark (German)
• Historisches über den Gemeindeteil Elze (Wedemark) (German)