Großburgwedel
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Großburgwedel is a village northeast of Hanover
and is the administrative centre of the town of Burgwedel
.
Großburgwedel is home to the town hall of Burgwedel
and other town institutions such as the library
, a hospital
for the region of Hanover. It also has a grammar school
, secondary school
, secondary modern school
and special needs
school, as well as a builder's yard and open air swimming pool.
and Uelzen
to Hamburg
. All local trains operated by the Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft
stop at Großburgwedel station. The L 381
and L383 run through Großburgwedel. Between the L383 and L381, L381 and K113 as well as between the K113 and L383, there are ring roads.
's chain, Rossmann and the firm of KIND Hearing Aids. In addition Großburgwedel is home to a branch of the IKEA
furniture group.
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...
and is the administrative centre of the town of Burgwedel
Burgwedel
Burgwedel is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km northeast of Hanover.-Politics and Administration:Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs:* Engensen* Fuhrberg...
.
Großburgwedel is home to the town hall of Burgwedel
Burgwedel
Burgwedel is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 15 km northeast of Hanover.-Politics and Administration:Burgwedel consists of the following boroughs:* Engensen* Fuhrberg...
and other town institutions such as the library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, a hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
for the region of Hanover. It also has a grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
, secondary modern school
Secondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
and special needs
Special needs
In the USA, special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International...
school, as well as a builder's yard and open air swimming pool.
Church
In Großburgwedel is the parish of St. Peter, part of the Lutheran state church of Hanover. This supports the church itself and the parish hall as well as the vicarage and the parish gardens in Mitteldorf. In addition Großburgwedel is the seat of the diocese of Burgdorfer Land, which is responsible for the parishes of Burgdorf and Burgwedel-Langenhagen.Transport
Großburgwedel has an autobahn junction (no. 54) on the A 7, that runs past Großburgwedel to the west. Furthermoer the village lies on the railway line from Hanover via CelleCelle
Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
and Uelzen
Uelzen
Uelzen is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a Hanseatic town and an independent municipality....
to Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. All local trains operated by the Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft
Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft
Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a non State-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, the largest since December 2005. The company is exclusively for passenger and operates on behalf of the public transportation trains on the lines Hamburg-Bremen, Hannover and...
stop at Großburgwedel station. The L 381
Landesstraße
Landesstraßen are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads that cross the boundary of a rural or urban district...
and L383 run through Großburgwedel. Between the L383 and L381, L381 and K113 as well as between the K113 and L383, there are ring roads.
Economy
Großburgwedel is the headquarters of the chemistChemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
's chain, Rossmann and the firm of KIND Hearing Aids. In addition Großburgwedel is home to a branch of the IKEA
IKEA
IKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer...
furniture group.
Well-known personalities
- Martin Kind (b 1944), president of Hanover 96 and general manager of KIND Hearing Aids.
- Stefan Heuer (b 1971), writer
- Bettina Wulff, née Körner (b 1974), wife of Christian WulffChristian WulffChristian Wilhelm Walter Wulff is the President of Germany and a politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President on 2010 and publicly swore the oath of office on . A lawyer by profession, he served as Premier of the state of Lower Saxony from 2003 to 2010.-Early life and...
President of GermanyPresident of GermanyThe President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial... - Bettina Zimmermann (b 1975), German actress
- Katja Munck (b 1979), German basketball player