# Fallersleben

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{{Infobox German location
|type               = Ortsteil
|City = [Wolfsburg](/source/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](/source/Wolfsburg), [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/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](/source/Gifhorn_(district)). In 1939, Fallersleben had a population of 2,600 inhabitants.

==Notable residents==
* [August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben](/source/August_Heinrich_Hoffmann_von_Fallersleben) (1798–1874), romantic [poet](/source/poet) best known for writing "[Deutschlandlied](/source/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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