Wagenhoff
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Coordinates: 52 ° 33 ' N , 10 ° 31' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Lower Saxony | |
County : | Gifhorn | |
Joint municipality : | Wesendorf | |
Height : | 59 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 4.32 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1171 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 271 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 38559 | |
Area code : | 05376 | |
License plate : | GF | |
Community key : | 03 1 51 035 | |
Association administration address: | Old Heerstr. 20 29392 Wesendorf |
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Mayor : | Claudia Bergmann ( SPD ) | |
Location of the municipality of Wagenhoff in the district of Gifhorn | ||
Wagenhoff is a municipality in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony . The Wagenhoff community is a member of the Wesendorf community .
geography
Geographical location
Wagenhoff is located between the Südheide and Elm-Lappwald nature parks . To Wagenhoff there is also a residential area north-west of the village , where the inn "Zur Krümme" was located.
history
Wagenhoff was founded in 1927, named after Eugen von Wagenhoff , district administrator of the Gifhorn district. Before that, a prisoner of war camp was set up there in 1914/15 , which belonged to the Gamsen community.
politics
Municipal council
The council of Wagenhoff consists of 11 councilors. The last local election took place on September 11, 2016. Since then, the municipal council has been composed as follows:
mayor
The honorary mayor Egon Hillebrecht was re-elected on September 10, 2006. Claudia Bergmann (SPD) was elected as the new mayor in November 2016. Hartmut Bödecker (CDU) had previously held the office for 5 years.
Religions
There is no church in Wagenhoff. The Evangelical Lutheran residents belong to the parish of St. Johannis in Wesendorf , which in Wagenhoff uses the Christ Chapel on the communal cemetery. The Catholic residents belong to the parish of St. Marien in Wittingen , which has a church in the nearby Wesendorf.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
- The B 4 Uelzen - Braunschweig is in the immediate vicinity west of the community.
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Office for Statistics Lower Saxony, LSN-Online regional database, Table 12411: Update of the population, as of December 31, 2019 ( help ).
- ↑ http://www.wesendorf.de/staticsite/staticsite2.php?menuid=427&topmenu=115
- ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/germany/aller-zeitung/20161115/282170765730962