Suderburg Explained

Image Coa:DEU Suderburg COA.png
Coordinates:52.9007°N 10.4391°W
Image Plan:Suderburg in UE.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Uelzen
Samtgemeinde:Suderburg
Elevation:57
Area:129.48
Postal Code:29556
Area Code:05826
Licence:UE
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 60 023
Divisions:7
Website:www.suderburg.de
Mayor:Dagmar Hillmer
Party:CDU

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

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

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

In 1847, the railway line Celle–UelzenLüneburgHarburgWilhelmsburg 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

Sources

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