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Suderburg

Coordinates: 52°54′2.581″N 10°26′20.72″E / 52.90071694°N 10.4390889°E / 52.90071694; 10.4390889
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Suderburg
Coat of arms of Suderburg
Location of Suderburg within Uelzen district
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Suderburg is located in Germany
Suderburg
Suderburg
Suderburg is located in Lower Saxony
Suderburg
Suderburg
Coordinates: 52°54′2.581″N 10°26′20.72″E / 52.90071694°N 10.4390889°E / 52.90071694; 10.4390889
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictUelzen
Municipal assoc.Suderburg
Subdivisions7
Government
 • MayorDagmar Hillmer (CDU)
Area
 • Total129.48 km2 (49.99 sq mi)
Elevation
57 m (187 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total4,703
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29556
Dialling codes05826
Vehicle registrationUE
Websitewww.suderburg.de

Suderburg is a municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Uelzen.

Suderburg is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Suderburg.

Municipal divisions

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The parish of Suderburg consists of Suderburg itself and the following villages that had been independent until the municipal reform in 1972: Bahnsen, Böddenstedt, Hamerstorf, Hösseringen, Holxen and Räber.

History

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The first known written instance of the name was as Sutherburg in 1004.

In 1847, the railway line CelleUelzenLüneburgHarburgWilhelmsburg was opened, and Suderburg railway station was opened in 1850 and extended in 1859.

In 1957, the villages Graulingen, Oldendorf I and Suderburg were merged into Suderburg.

Notable people

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  • Sophus Schmidt (1792–1841), Hanoveran liberation fighter, bailiff in Bleckede and landowner in Suderburg
  • Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Hillmer (1831–1916), building master
  • Karl Hillmer (1869–1944), director of the Wiesenbauschule
  • Carsten Kadach (born 1964), former FIFA assistant

Sources

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The text includes a translation of part of the German Wikipedia article.

References

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  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.