Lehndorf-Watenbüttel

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City district Lehndorf-Watenbüttel
Braunschweig lionCity of Braunschweig
Location of the Lehndorf-Watenbüttel district
Location of the Lehndorf-Watenbüttel district (red)
District Mayor: Frank Graffstedt ( SPD )
Deputy District Mayor: Beate Gries ( GREEN )
District: No. 321
Residents: 21,465 (Dec. 31, 2014)
Surface: 27.35 km²
Population density: 744 inhabitants per km²
Postcodes: 38112, 38114, 38116
Saarplatz with construction house

Lehndorf-Watenbüttel is an urban district (No. 321, until 11.2006 No. 412) of Braunschweig , which includes the northwestern districts. Together with the districts of Veltenhof-Rühme and Wenden-Thune-Harxbüttel , Lehndorf-Watenbüttel forms electoral district 32.

geography

The following localities are in the Lehndorf-Watenbüttel district:

as well as the former Federal Research Center for Agriculture (FAL) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).

Transport links

The city district is located on the federal highway 214 , south of the A 2 , mostly west of the A 391 and north of the federal highway 1 .

There is access to the inland waterways via the marina at Celler Heerstraße 333 .

Information about the municipality

The total number of inhabitants is 20,950. Thanks to the new “Lammer Busch West” development, the number of residents has increased significantly in recent years. The north-western part of the district, in particular the district of Völkenrode, is considered an "upscale" residential area.

coat of arms

The districts of Lamme, Lehndorf, Ölper, Völkenrode and Watenbüttel have their own district coats of arms. The blue and yellow coats of arms of Lamme, Völkenrode and Watenbüttel were created around 1974 as part of the regional reform of Lower Saxony. The coats of arms of the districts of Lehndorf and Ölper have an older origin.

The coat of arms of the district of Watenbüttel, a golden spinning wheel on a blue background, reminds that the sculptor and builder Johann Jürgen from Watenbüttel is said to have developed the winged spinning wheel with foot drive around 1530 .

Web links

Commons : Lehndorf-Watenbüttel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Population statistics on braunschweig.de
  2. Braunschweig in Statistics 2010 , page 20 (PDF; 8.4 MB)
  3. Map of the electoral districts of Braunschweig ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on braunschweig.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.braunschweig.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 17 '  N , 10 ° 28'  E