into the B3 highway to Celle north of the town. The B188 bypasses the northern side of the town and connects it to Gifhorn and Wolfsburg. The B443 runs from north so south and connects Burgdorf to Lehrte and Sehnde. Burgdorf has three train stations: Burgdorf (Hannover), Otze and Ehlershausen, which are all part of the Lehrte–Celle railway. They are served every half hour in both directions by the lines S6 and S7 of the Hanover S-Bahn. Burgdorf's train station also has bus terminals for various lines of the RegioBus Hannover and is part of the Großraum-Verkehr Hannover transport association ticketing system. The closest international airport is Hannover-Langenhagen Airport. Notable people Carl Sprengel (1787–1859), economist, farmer, professor, manufacturer and writer, was born in Schiller's location Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder (1798–1854), chemist and pharmacist Heinrich Breling (1849–1914), genre and historical painter Wilhelm Schönmann (1889–1970), chess master Associated with Burgdorf Philipp Spitta (1801–1859), Protestant religious poet Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825–1895), lawyer, first sexual researcher on homosexuality Arthur Dietzsch (1901–1974), Functional inmate and Kapo Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014), former Prime Minister and Minister of Justice of Lower Saxony (CDU), lived in Burgdorf-Beinhorn Burkhard Driest (born 1939), actor, writer and producer Bernd Lange (born 1955), politician (SPD), member of the European Parliament, lives in Burgdorf Heiko von der Leyen (born 1955), doctor and university lecturer, lives in Burgdorf-Beinhorn Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958), politician (CDU), resides in Burgdorf-Beinhorn Florian Meyer (born 1968), football referee Twin towns – sister cities Burgdorf is twinned with: Burgdorf, Switzerland Calbe, Germany References Hanover Region