| 1302 |
Foundation of the parish (Plebanus de Heslinghe) by the Lords of Bartensleben (the village belonged to the Bishops of Halberstadt and was transferred to the Lords of Bartensleben). |
| 1311 | First documentary mention of the village in the "Acta Wluesborch" |
| 1372 | During the Lüneburg Wars of Succession, around 70 soldiers die in a battle in Heslinghe (Hesslingen). The bodies were buried in the cemetery, plot "Twetge 9" |
| 1475 | Duke Wilhelm von Braunschweig issues a feudal charter for the Lords of Bartensleben for the "tithe in the village and field of Heszingen for farmsteads over 5 full hooves, 4 half hooves and 3 half-hooves". (Hufe = old land measurement between 7.5 and 15 ha) |
| 1559 | The Archbishop of Magdeburg issues another feudal charter for the village of "Heslinghe" to the Lords of Bartensleben |
| 1618 - 1648 | Hesslingen, including St. Anne's Church, is severely damaged during the Thirty Years' War |
| 1680 | Wolfsburg and the village of Hesslingen become part of the Electorate of Brandenburg-Prussia |
| 1742 | With the death of the last male heir, the family of the Lords of Bartensleben dies out |
| 1756 | The former fiefs of the Lords of Bartensleben are transferred to the Counts of Schulenburg |
| 1938 | Significant interventions in the structure of the village through land expropriation on behalf of the "German Labor Front" (DAF) as the executive authority for the construction of the Volkswagen factory and the "City of the KdF Car" |
| 1939 - 1945 | The popular "Brandenburger Adler" inn served as an emergency church for the Catholic Christians, in which Dean Holling held tolerated masses and devotions under conditions and often under observation by the SA |
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