{{no footnotes|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox German location |type = Ortsteil |City = Wolfsburg |name = Fallersleben |image_coa = Wappen_Fallersleben.png |image_photo = Fallersleben_Michaelis_2022-2.jpg |image_caption = Lutheran St. Michael Church |state = Niedersachsen |coordinates = {{coord|52|25|08|N|10|43|01|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |district = urban |population = 11269 |postal_code = 38442 |area_code = 05362 |licence = WOB |mayor = Bärbel Weist (PUG) |Bürgermeistertitel = Ortsvorsteherin |website = [http://www.fallersleben.de www.fallersleben.de] }}
'''Fallersleben''' is a part (''Ortsteil'') of the City of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 11,269 (as of 2010). The village of Fallersleben was first mentioned in 942 under the name of ''Valareslebo''. Fallersleben became a city in 1929, and was incorporated into Wolfsburg in 1972. Before 1972, it belonged to Gifhorn. In 1939, Fallersleben had a population of 2,600 inhabitants.
==Notable residents== * August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), romantic poet best known for writing "Deutschlandlied", anthem of Germany.
==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061008014903/http://www.wolfsburg.de/stadtportrait/chronik/index.html History of Wolfsburg at wolfsburg.de]
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Category:Towns in Lower Saxony
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