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Fallersleben is a part (Ortsteil) of the City of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 11,269 (as of 2010). The village of Fallersleben was first mentioned in 942 under the name of Valareslebo. Fallersleben became a city in 1929, and was incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. Before 1972, it belonged to Gifhorn. In 1939, Fallersleben had a population of 2,600 inhabitants.

Key facts

German location.type
Ortsteil
German location.City
Wolfsburg
German location.name
Fallersleben
German location.image_coa
Wappen_Fallersleben.png
German location.image_photo
Fallersleben_Michaelis_2022-2.jpg
German location.image_caption
Lutheran St. Michael Church
German location.state
Niedersachsen
German location.district
urban
German location.population
11269
German location.postal_code
38442
German location.area_code
05362
German location.licence
WOB
German location.mayor
Bärbel Weist (PUG)
German location.Bürgermeistertitel
Ortsvorsteherin
German location.website
www.fallersleben.de

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Ortsteil
Country
Germany
Located in
Wolfsburg
Population
10911
Elevation
74
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Mittelland Canal
Image
Fallersleben Michaelis 2022-2.jpg
Dialing code
05362
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Commons category
Fallersleben (Wolfsburg)
postal code
38442
time of earliest written record
0942-00-00
female population
5600
male population
5311
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Encyclopedic overview

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Fallersleben is a part (Ortsteil) of the City of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 11,269 (as of 2010). The village of Fallersleben was first mentioned in 942 under the name of Valareslebo. Fallersleben became a city in 1929, and was incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. Before 1972, it belonged to Gifhorn. In 1939, Fallersleben had a population of 2,600 inhabitants.

==Notable residents== August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), romantic poet best known for writing "Deutschlandlied", anthem of Germany.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fallersleben” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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