Walsrode

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Name = Walsrode
Wappen = Wappen Walsrode.pnglat_deg = 52 |lat_min = 52
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 35
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Niedersachsen
Landkreis = Soltau-Fallingbostel
Höhe = 49
Fläche = 270.68
Einwohner = 24433
Stand = 2005-06-30
PLZ = 29664
Vorwahl = 05161
Kfz = SFA
Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 58 022
Gliederung = 22 districts
Straße = Lange Str. 22
Website = [http://www.walsrode.de/ www.walsrode.de]
Bürgermeister = Silke Lorenz
Partei = Independent

Walsrode (IPA2|valsˈʁoːdə) is a town in the district of Soltau-Fallingbostel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

History

Middle Ages

986 Foundation of Walsrode Abbey by Count Walo. The first recorded mentionof the town is dated May 7, 986.

1383 The dukes of Brunswick and Lüneburg grant Walsrode a town charter.

1479 First recorded instance of Walsrode's coat of arms. At the end of the15th century the sculptor Hans Brüggemann, creator of the renowned Bordesholm Altar of Schleswig Catherdral, is born in the town.

=Early Modern Times=

1626 Extensive destruction in the town by the troops of Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War.

1757 The town is totally destroyed by a catastrophic fire.

1811 During the Napoleonic era, Walsrode becomesa border town between France and the Kingdom of Westphalia.

1866 Annexation of Walsrode by Prussia.

1890 Railroad first extends to Walsrode.

1897 The poet Hermann Löns first visits the town.

20th century

1935 Löns, who died in 1914, is reburied in Walsrode.

1957 The German border patrol agency (Bundesgrenzschutz) establishesa training school in the town.

1984 The state legislature of Lower Saxony allows the town to incorporateas in "independent community".