Sandkamp

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Sandkamp
City of Wolfsburg
Sandkamp coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 25 ′ 43 ″  N , 10 ° 45 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 57 m
Residents : 622  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 38442
Area code : 05361
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Location in Wolfsburg
War memorial

Sandkamp is a district near the city center of Wolfsburg . Sandkamp is framed in the north and east by the Volkswagen factory , in the south by the Mittelland Canal and in the west by the A 39 .

history

The Rundling Sandkamp was first mentioned in a document in 1489. Over the centuries, Sandkamp belonged to the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg , the Electorate of Hanover and the Kingdom of Hanover and, as a result of the German War, as part of the Province of Hanover, to the Kingdom of Prussia .

At the local level, Sandkamp belonged to the Gifhorn district after the Second World War . On July 1, 1972, Sandkamp, ​​which comes from the Gifhorn district, was incorporated into the city of Wolfsburg under the Wolfsburg Act .

politics

Sandkamp and the Kästorf district form the Kästorf-Sandkamp locality , which is represented by a local council. The local mayor is Francescantonio Garippo ( SPD ).

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Sandkamp commemorates a landscape landmark, the Lindenberg in the village. The colors blue and yellow are reminiscent of centuries of belonging to the Guelph lands of the Lüneburg part.

The council of the then still independent municipality approved the coat of arms on August 28, 1970, and the Lüneburg government president approved it on September 16 of the same year.

Heraldic description: In blue on a golden (yellow) hill a golden (yellow) linden tree. Sandkamp also carries his coat of arms in a flag (hanging flag), which consists of three strips of blue-yellow-blue in a width ratio of 1: 2: 1 and bears the coat of arms on the wide central strip. It was decided and approved at the same time as the coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Economy and Infrastructure

To the west of Sandkamp is the Sitech company, which is a supplier and also a full subsidiary of Volkswagen AG . The Schnellecke Group AG & Co. KG is also located there.

The federal motorway 39 with AS Sandkamp also runs to the west .

literature

  • Christl Hanelt u. Werner Strauss: Sandkamp - A Chronicle. Texts on the history of Wolfsburg. Volume 10. Ed .: City of Wolfsburg, 1983
  • Festival committee "500 years of Sandkamp": 1489-1989, 500 years of Sandkamp. Sandkamp 1989.

Web links

Commons : Sandkamp  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 221 .
  2. ↑ Source: Arnold Rabbow: Wolfsburg Wappenbuch. Braunschweig 1993, p. 52.
  3. ↑ http://www.schnellecke.com/unternehmen/zahlen-und-ffekten/