About Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is one of the upcoming cities in Germany. Strongly associated with the name Volkswagen, the city started together with the company a radical transformation process. A first step was the creation of the Autostadt. A themeparklike brand-world of Volkswagen which attracts many tourists and customers who pick-up their newly bought cars. The highly regarded Phaeno science museum is another stepstone in the recent development of Wolfsburg. It also should be mentioned that Wolfsburg is one of the few German cities with a Ritz Carlton Hotel.

Short History

Embedded in two large countrysides, the Harz to the south and the Lüneburger Heide to the northwest, Wolfsburg presents itself as a young, modern city of the 20th century. Its existence is due to the building of the Volkswagen factory. It was Juli 1st in 1938, when the 'Stadt des KdF-Wagens' was founded by decree of the Oberpräsident of Hannover. Its population was about 900 people, that were living in three townships. Because of the unequaled rise of Volkswagen until it became the worlds largest industrial enterprise and automobile company, the city, which is called 'Wolfsburg' only since 1945, was developing.