Suderburg

Suderburg is a municipality in the district of Uelzen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km southwest of Uelzen.

Suderburg
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Suderburg within Uelzen district
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Coordinates: 52°54′2.581″N 10°26′20.72″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Uelzen
Municipal assoc.	Suderburg
Subdivisions	7
Government
• Mayor	Dagmar Hillmer (CDU)
Area
• Total	129.48 km2 (49.99 sq mi)
Elevation	57 m (187 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	4,703
• Density	36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29556
Dialling codes	05826
Vehicle registration	UE
Website	www.suderburg.de

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–Uelzen–Lüneburg–Harburg–Wilhelmsburg 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

• Sophus Schmidt (1792–1841), Hanoveran liberation fighter, bailiff in Bleckede and landowner in Suderburg
• Heinrich Christoph Wilhelm Hillmer (1831–1916), building master
• Karl Hillmer (1869–1944), director of the Wiesenbauschule
• Carsten Kadach (born 1964), former FIFA assistant

Sources

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