Wunstorf () is a town in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 22 km west of Hanover. The following localities belong to the town of Wunstorf: Blumenau (with Liethe), Bokeloh, Großenheidorn, Idensen (with Idensermoor and Niengraben), Klein Heidorn, Kolenfeld, Luthe, Mesmerode, Steinhude, and Wunstorf. The town gave its name to nearby Wunstorf Air Base of the German Air Force. To the west of the city, Steinhude and Großenheidorn are located on the shores of Lake Steinhuder Meer. Demography 1830 – c. 1,910 1840 – c. 2,300 1871 – 2,455 1885 – 2,963 1905 – 4,523 1949 – 11,610 (of this 3,490 were refugees and displaced persons) 1998 – 40,848 2000 – 41,474 2005 – 42,215 2010 – 41,244 Local council The local elections on September 11, 2016, had the following results: SPD: 16 seats CDU: 13 seats Alliance '90/The Greens: 6 seats FDP: 2 seats AfD: 4 seats Fraktionslos:(without party) 1 seat Transport Wunstorf has 2 exits on motorway A 2. Wunstorf railway station has 4 trains per hour to Hanover (a mix of local and regional trains), and 2 trains per hour each to Minden and Nienburg. The local bus network is designed to allow connections with trains to/from Hanover. The nearest commercial airport is the Hannover Airport about 25 km via motorways A2 and A352. Twin towns – sister cities Wunstorf is twinned with: Flers, France Wolmirstedt, Germany Notable people Polykarp Leyser IV (1690–1728), Protestant theologian, philosopher, physician, jurist and historian Joost Schmidt (1893–1948), typographer, painter and teacher at the Bauhaus Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer Andreas Spengler (born 1947), psychiatrist and psychotherapist Heinz-Joachim Barchmann (born 1950), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag since 2009 Gallery References Hanover Region