Neu Wulmstorf

Neu Wulmstorf
Municipality
City hall Neu Wulmstorf
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Neu Wulmstorf within Harburg district
Neu Wulmstorf Show map of Germany Neu Wulmstorf Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 53°27′46″N 9°47′44″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Harburg
Government
• Mayor (2021–26)	Tobias Handtke[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	56.16 km^2 (21.68 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	22,450
• Density	400/km^2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	21629
Dialling codes	040 and 04168
Vehicle registration	WL
Website	www.neu-wulmstorf.de

Neu Wulmstorf^ⓘ (Low German: Vosshusen) is a municipality ('Einheitsgemeinde') in the district of Harburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It changed its name on December 11, 1964 from ″Wulmstorf″ to ″Neu Wulmstorf″. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

The municipality of Neu Wulmstorf consists of:

• New Wulmstorf, consisting of
  • New Wulmstorf
  • Wulmstorf
  • Daerstorf
• Elstorf, consisting of
  • Elstorf
  • Ardestorf
  • Elstorf-Bachheide
• Rade consisting of
  • Rade
  • Mienenbüttel
  • Ohlenbüttel
• Rübke
• Schwiederstorf.

Geography

Neu Wulmstorf is situated between Hamburg in the east, the marsh of the Altes Land in the north, the forest of the Harburg Hills (Harburger Berge) in the south east, Buchholz in der Nordheide and the geest to the south, and Buxtehude to the west. The municipality incorporates eleven villages and most of the area marks the north north west outskirts of the larger natural region of the Lüneburg Heath in North Germany.

Harvesting of apples in Rübke

The landscape is dominated by the transition from the marsh in the north to the geest in south east. On the marsh side lies the village of Rübke in the Lower Saxon Elbe marshes at sea level and the nature reserve (Naturschutzgebiet) Moore bei Buxtehude (mire), which is home to the corn crake.

The village of Neu Wulmstorf sits right on the transitions from the mire up to the geest.

Further up, the villages Wulmstorf, Daerstorf, Schwiederstorf, Rade are marking the highest elevations of Neu Wulmstorf on the western outskirts of the Harburg Hills.

The villages of Ardestorf, Elstorf, Bachheide, Rade, Mienenbüttel and Ohlenbüttel lie on a stretch reaching from the north east to the south end of the municipality.

Population

On December 31, 2013 there were 20,384 registered people living in Neu Wulmstorf. The population roughly doubled during the past 42 years.^[3] See below for the development of the population (all on December 31): ^[4]

		1961	1970	1987	1992	1997	2002	2007	2012	2013	2014
Total	Population	6.754[3]	10.011[3]	14.227	16.751	18.841	20.543	20.649	20.979	20.384[5]	22.274[6]
	June 1987 = 100 %			101,5 %	119,5 %	134,4 %	146,6 %	147,3 %	149,7 %

Infrastructure

The relatively young village of Neu Wulmstorf grew at the intersection of two old trails. The main road connecting Rübke in the marsh with the geest villages of Wulmstorf and Elstorf intersects with the Bundesstraße 73 as the main road connecting Stade and Cuxhaven with Hamburg. It dominates the settlement as it cuts through from east to west. Just before the geest, the Lower Elbe Railway marked the north border of the Neu Wulmstorf village for many years, with the Neu Wulmstorf S-Bahn station. The station bore the name Daerstorf before that village including the exclave on which the station was built upon, got incorporated into Neu Wulmstorf.

Another axis is the connection from Buxtehude to Buchholz. The first stretch of the Bundesstraße 3, intersects with the Bundesautobahn 1 at the south tip of the municipality.

Transportation

Neu Wulmstorf is serviced by the rapid transit system of the city train of Hamburg with the station Neu Wulmstorf. Bus service connects Neu Wulmstorf to Hamburg-Neugraben.

Education

Neu Wulmstorf has three primary schools. Secondary schools are the Hauptschule Vossbarg, the Realschule Vierkaten and the Gymnasium Neu Wulmstorf.^[7]

Sports

Neu Wulmstorf has several sporting areas including a sports centre with swimming hall in the centre of the village. These clubs provide a rich sports life:

• TVV Neu Wulmstorf
• TSV Elstorf
• BSC Neu Wulmstorf
• Schützenverein Neu Wulmstorf
• DLRG

Twin town

• Nyergesújfalu, Hungary

References

1. "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
2. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
3. Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1983), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. Mai 1970 bis 31. Dezember 1982 (in German), Stuttgart und Mainz: W. Kohlhammer, p. 229, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 6.754 Einwohner am 6. Juni 1961 und 10.011 Einwohner am 27. Mai 1970, jeweils mit den später eingemeindeten Orten.
4. Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 2001–2012, Bevölkerungsfortschreibung, Tabelle K1000014, 353026 Neu Wulmstorf
5. vorOrt Magazin, Januar 2014, S.60: „Zum 30. November 2013: 22.034 Einwohner, 21.245 Hauptwohnsitz, 789 Nebenwohnsitz“
6. Einwohnerstatistik 2004-2014, Gemeinde Neu Wulmstorf, mit Haupt- und Nebenwohnung
7. Gymnasium Neu Wulmstorf