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Wolfsburg
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	urban district
Population	121,829 source (2005)
Area	204.01 km²
Population density	597 /km²
Elevation	63 m
Coordinates	52°26′ N 10°48′ E
Postal code	38400-38448
Area code	05361-05363, 05365-05367, 05308
Licence plate code	WOB
Mayor	Rolf Schnellecke (CDU)
Website	wolfsburg.de

Wolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig (Brunswick). Wolfsburg is bordered by the districts of Gifhorn and Helmstedt. Wolfsburg coat of arms File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Wolfsburg_in_germany. ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... This is a list of urban districts in Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, known as Postleitzahl (pl. ... see also Telephone numbering plan of Germany for further codes including service numbers, cell phones etc. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... The Aller is a river in Saxony_Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Coordinates: Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country: Germany State: Lower Saxony District: Urban district City subdivisions: 20 Boroughs Lord Mayor: Gert Hoffmann (CDU) Governing parties: CDU / FDP Basic Statistics Area: 192. ... Gifhorn is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Helmstedt is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

The city is very young, since it was planned by the Nazis in order to build a town for the workers of the Volkswagen factories. It was founded in 1938 as Stadt des KdF-Wagens ("City of the KdF Car") around the village of Hesslingen in the District of Gifhorn. Kraft durch Freude (abbreviated KdF and meaning "strength through joy") was the German state-controlled leisure organization; one of its projects was the KdF-Wagen, which would later be known as the VW Beetle. During World War II there were also jeeps, airplanes and other military equipment built, mainly by forced workers and POWs at these factories. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... Volkswagen AG (ISIN: DE0007664005), or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gifhorn is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Kraft durch Freude (abbreviated KdF and meaning strength through joy), was a large state-controlled leisure organization in Nazi Germany, a part of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the national German labour organization. ... The Volkswagen Beetle or Bug is a small family car, the best known car of Volkswagen, of Germany, and almost certainly the world. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

After World War II, in 1945, the city got its present name after the Wolfsburg castle located in the city, which was founded about 1300 on the bank of the Aller river. Today there is another castle at the place, which was built after 1600. In 1951, Wolfsburg was separated from the District of Gifhorn, and became an urban district. In November of 2003, Wolfsburg was renamed Golfsburg for one week to celebrate the 5th generation of the Volkswagen Golf. 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Events February 22 - Jubilee of Pope Boniface VIII. March 10 - Wardrobe accounts of King Edward I of Englanddo (aka Edward Longshanks) include a reference to a game called creag being played at the town of Newenden in Kent. ... The Aller is a river in Saxony_Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany. ... 1600 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This is a list of urban districts in Germany. ... The Volkswagen Golf (Mark 1 and Mark 5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in North America) is a compact car / small family car manufactured by Volkswagen. ...

Wolfsburg lacks historical buildings, and the sights include new attractions like the Autostadt (a huge open air museum about automobiles, owned and operated by Volkswagen), a planetarium, the Phaeno Science Center, and an art museum. The Skoda pavilion with the glass towers in the background. ... Volkswagen AG (ISIN: DE0007664005), or VW, is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany. ... // A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ... Exterior view of the Phaeno Science Center Interior view whilst under construction. ...

In the past, Wolfsburg has been considered by many to be one of the least remarkable towns in Germany, lacking in culture and visitor attractions, with the only notable reason to visit being the VW factory. Until the fall of the Iron Curtain and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, Wolfsburg was simply a place along the road to Berlin just inside West Germany. The town, unsurprisingly, has not enjoyed an active tourist industry, and many guide books have even advised avoiding it when travelling in Germany. East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...

Now, however, this is changing. With the opening in 2000 of Autostadt, VW's 750 million dollar 'auto delivery center' containing individual museums for all the car brands owned by VW, as well as restaurants and a Ritz Carlton Hotel, more people had a reason to come to Wolfsburg. And now, with the opening of Phaeno, Wolfsburg is the home to the largest hands-on science museum in Germany. This 80 million Euro project, conceived and led by Dr. Wolfgang Guthardt and funded primarily by the City of Wolfsburg, features a building designed by the conceptual architect Zaha Hadid Ltd, of London and exhibitions designed by Joe Ansel of Ansel Associates, Inc. of Point Richmond, California. The building, located adjacent to the main train station, directly across the middle land canal from Autostadt and at the opposite end of the Porschestrasse from the art museum, is a dramatic example of leading edge architecture and construction techniques. Inside visitors will find more than 250 interactive exhibits and commissioned artworks in an exhibition composed of the best hands-on science exhibits to be found worldwide. This building and its exhibitions are now considered by many to be the benchmark for science museums in Germany. Between its opening on the 24th of November 2005 and the 1st of March 2006 more than 100,000 visitors have come to see the building and its exhibitions. The art museum, though now a bit isolated at the other end of the Porschestrasse, features excellent touring shows of both well known and lesser known modern artists. The Skoda pavilion with the glass towers in the background. ... Zaha Hadid Portrait Interior of Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany Bergisel Ski Jump, Innsbruck BMW Central Building, Leipzig Vitra fire station, Weil am Rhein, Germany Zaha Hadid (Arabic: زها حديد) CBE (born October 31, 1950, Baghdad, Iraq) is a notable Iraqi-British deconstructivist architect. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ...

Some neighbouring towns were incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972, e.g. the city of Fallersleben, which is now a quarter of Wolfsburg. Fallersleben was the home of August Heinrich Hoffmann (commonly known as Hoffmann von Fallersleben), who wrote the lyrics of the German national anthem (Das Lied der Deutschen). 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Fallersleben is a district in the City of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, with about 12,000 inhabitants (2004). ... August Heinrich Hoffmann, who used Hoffmann von Fallersleben as his pen name, was a German poet. ... Das Lied der Deutschen (The Song of the Germans, also known as Das Deutschlandlied, The Song of Germany) has been used wholly or partially as the national anthem of Germany since 1922. ...

Trivia

The coat of arms of the city of Wolfsburg appears on the steering wheel of early Volkswagen cars in lieu of VW's own logo. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

Twin towns

• | Luton, United Kingdom since 1950

• | Marignane, France since 1963

• | Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Italy since 1975

• | Halberstadt, Germany (Saxony-Anhalt) since 1989

• | Togliatti, Russia since 1991

• | Bielsko-Biała, Poland since 1998

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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1985

Toyohashi, Japan since 2002

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External links

• Wolfsburg - English Site
• Wolfsburg at Dmoz
• Autostadt
• Phæno - science museum
• AutoUni - MobileLife Campus - university
• City of Wolfsburg
• Wolfsburg Art Museum
• Wolfsburg travel guide from Wikitravel