Heiligendorf

THE FIRST MENTION
On December 2, 1153, Bishop Ulrich of Halberstadt confirms his possessions to St. John's Abbey in Gatersleben. The text in the enumeration contains the important quote for Heiligendorf: "...preterea decima in Helgendorp..." (document book of the Hochstift Halberstadt) - this means that the tithe from Heiligendorf goes to the monastery.
This refers to a small parish that had long since been completed and whose beginnings are probably forever shrouded in mystery.

THE CHURCH
At this time, the patronage of our church belonged to the St. Cyriacus Monastery in Brunswick and the St. John's Monastery in Halberstadt.

THE VILLAGE
According to the last census on Dec. 1, 1875, Heiligendorf had 108 houses, 144 households and 664 people.

The village Parochie Heiligendorf, Inspektion und Amt Fallersleben, Kreis Gifhorn, General Superintendantur Celle, Landdrastei Lüneburg, Provinz Hannover, contains a church, a parish, a parish widowhood together with house and garden, a school, 14 farmers, four half-horses, three thirds-horses and 29 dung farms, eleven Brinksitzer, five cultivators and 27 cultivation places, a windmill and a watermill.

THE POST
On April 1, 1884, a postal agency was set up in Heiligendorf, which belonged to the Fallersleben Imperial Post Office (decree of the Ober-Postdirection Hannover).
There was also a telephone from 1885.
Mail was delivered from the Fallersleben post office by horse-drawn country mail wagons.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
For centuries, the inhabitants of the villages have been plagued by frequent fires. Due to the use of open fires and the construction methods used in the past, these terrible events occurred again and again. Many inscriptions on the beams of the old houses tell of this.
In 1922, the inhabitants founded the first volunteer fire department.

THE SCHOOL
On October 1, the organic connection between the church and school authorities was dissolved

Heiligendorf Culture and Customs Association (HKB).
In addition to its own events, the community of associations organizes the Easter bonfire, the May festival and Advent carol singing.

Heiligendorf had 726 inhabitants in 1925.
Due to the influx of refugees after the Second World War and the convenient location to the Volkswagen factory, the number of inhabitants rose to 1196 in 1950.

In 1972, Heiligendorf became a district of Wolfsburg when it was incorporated into the city.

With the development areas Hopfenkamp, 2000 Hirtgarten, 2010 Hasenmorgen and the Krummer Morgen area currently under construction, 2400 people currently live here.

Heiligendorf has a very good infrastructure today. Church, elementary school, kindergarten, medical care, pharmacy, food market and bakery, sports center with restaurants, car repair shop, hairdresser, crafts, farms and 100 Icelandic horses and much more.