Walsrode

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Walsrode
Town
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Walsrode within Heidekreis district
Walsrode Show map of Germany Walsrode Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°52′N 9°35′E / 52.867°N 9.583°E / 52.867; 9.583
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Heidekreis
Subdivisions	31 districts
Government
• Mayor (2020–25)	Helma Spöring[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	334.8 km2 (129.3 sq mi)
Elevation	49 m (161 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	30,819
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29664
Dialling codes	05161
Vehicle registration	HK
Website	www.walsrode.de

Walsrode (German pronunciation: [valsˈʁoːdə] ^ⓘ; Low German: Wasra) is a town in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The former municipality Bomlitz was merged into Walsrode in January 2020.

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986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded mention of the town is dated May 7, 986.

1383 The dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg grant Walsrode a town charter.

1479 First recorded instance of Walsrode's coat of arms. At the end of the 15th century the sculptor Hans Brüggemann, creator of the renowned Bordesholm Altar of Schleswig Cathedral, is born in the town.

1626 Extensive destruction in the town by the troops of Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War.

1757 The town is totally destroyed by a catastrophic fire.

1811 During the Napoleonic era, Walsrode becomes a border town between France and the Kingdom of Westphalia.

1814 Walsrode is incorporated in the Kingdom of Hanover.

1866 Annexation of Walsrode by Prussia.

1890 Railroad first extends to Walsrode.

1957 The German border patrol agency (Bundesgrenzschutz) establishes a training school in the town.

1984 The state legislature of Lower Saxony allows the town to incorporate as an "independent community".

• Walsrode Abbey
• Rischmannshof Heath Museum
• Weltvogelpark Walsrode

Walsrode is twinned with:^[3]

• Blainville-sur-Orne, France
• Gernrode (Quedlinburg), Germany
• Hibbing, United States
• Kępice, Poland
• Kovel, Ukraine
• Zaltbommel, Netherlands

• Hans Brüggemann (c. 1480–1521), artist
• Louis Harms (1808–1865), lutheran pastor
• Frank Hibbing, founder of Hibbing
• Hermine Overbeck-Rohte (1869–1938), landscape painter
• Maren Kroymann (born 1949), actress and singer
• Gaby Papenburg (born 1960), sports journalist
• Frank Glorius (born 1972), chemist
• Onur Ayık (born 1990), footballer

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

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