Wennigsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
🇩🇪 Wennigsen is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Deister hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Hanover.
Geography Wennigsen borders on (from north and clockwise) Gehrden, Ronnenberg, Springe and Barsinghausen. The highest elevation is the Bröhn, the highest hill of the Deister with 405 meters.
History The founding date of Wennigsen is unknown. It possibly dates back to 5th to 8th century. The first dated occurrence (1199 to 1206) is a copy of a certificate from bishop Hartbert of Hildesheim. At this time there was a settlement of Bernhard, earl of Poppenburg, in Wennigsen. He had three roses each with five leaves in his coat of arms. Today Wennigsen bears one of them in its coat of arms.
During the Thirty Years' War Wennigsen was near to be completely destroyed.
Duke George William of Hanover (later of Brunswick-Lüneburg) split the Großvogtei Calenberg and founded a new Amt Calenberg in which Wennigsen became court place. The Magistrates' Court of Wennigsen still exists.
Europe/Berlin/Lower_Saxony
Wennigsen has a population of over 14,043 people. Wennigsen also forms part of the wider Hanover District which has a population of over 791,000 people. Wennigsen is situated 15 km south-west of Hanover.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Wennigsen has links with:
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Locations Near: Wennigsen 9.56667,52.2667
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🇩🇪 Hanover 9.738,52.368 d: 16.2
🇩🇪 Hannover 9.738,52.372 d: 16.5
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🇩🇪 Bodenwerder 9.517,51.967 d: 33.5
🇩🇪 Stadthagen 9.2,52.317 d: 25.5
🇩🇪 Hildesheim 9.951,52.151 d: 29.2
🇩🇪 Holzminden 9.433,51.817 d: 50.9
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