| Image Coa: | DEU Wenzendorf COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 53.35°N 55°W |
| Image Plan: | Wenzendorf in WL.svg |
| State: | Niedersachsen |
| District: | Harburg |
| Samtgemeinde: | Hollenstedt |
| Elevation: | 64 |
| Area: | 21.47 |
| Postal Code: | 21279 |
| Area Code: | 04165 |
| Licence: | WL |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 03 3 53 039 |
| Divisions: | 5 |
| Website: | https://www.hollenstedt.de/portal/seiten/gemeinde-wenzendorf-6000042-20140.html |
| Mayor: | Manfred Cohrs |
Wenzendorf is a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is also the name of the chief village of the municipality.
The area is known mainly for the airfield near the village, where the Hamburger Flugzeugbau, the aircraft manufacturing arm of Blohm & Voss, built a factory during the Nazi era.
Wenzendorf is a municipality in the Lower Saxony district of Harburg, Germany. Its five main villages are Wenzendorf, Wennerstorf, Klauenburg, Dierstorf and Dierstorf-Heide.
Wenzendorf is the largest Christmas tree growing area in northern Germany.[1]
The village of Wenzendorf lies approximately 25 km southwest of Hamburg. It has a population of a little over 1,000.
Wenzendorf airfield lies about 2 km to the southeast of the main village.
In 1934, Hamburger Flugzeugbau began construction of its first dedicated aircraft factory at Wenzendorf and laid out a large aerodrome for test flying. The factory began operation in 1935, license-building the Dornier Do 23, the first of which flew in December 1935.[2]
Not long afterwards the company adopted its parent company's name of Blohm and Voss, by which it is chiefly remembered.
A great many aircraft were assembled at Wenzendorf throughout the war period, mostly under sub-contract to other manufacturers. They included:
On 6 October 1944 the plant was severely damaged in a bombing raid by the US Air Force, and three months later was almost completely destroyed in a second attack.[3] [4]
Today, the airfield is much reduced in size. It has a single grass runway of 750m length and is home to the Airbus HFB gliding club.
Some of the old factory buildings have been converted to a retirement home.[5]