Where the Beetle Was Born
There was no Wolfsburg until 1938. Wolfsburg is a planned town that was founded to house autoworkers building the car which would later become famous as the Volkswagen Beetle. The Volkswagen Group is today one of the three biggest automotive companies of the world along with Toyota and General Motors.
Sports and Cars
Wolfsburg is all about Volkswagen, which has its headquarters here, and the local soccer club, VfL Wolfsburg, which grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers. So no wonder that VfL Wolfsburg’s main sponsor is...Volkswagen.
VW’s Best-Seller
In 2003, Wolfsburg was renamed “Golfsburg” for a few weeks to celebrate the 5th generation of the VW Golf. The Golf is Europe’s best-selling car and was named 2009 World Car of the Year.
For Science Nerds – And Everybody Else
Wolfsburg’s downtown lacks historical buildings. One of the top sights is the Phaeno Science Center, the largest hands-on science museum in Germany. Here you can try steering a car with the accelerator pedal or create a melody out of soap bubbles.
Green Wolfsburg
The public parks in Wolfsburg are twice as big as New York’s Central Park.
The Song of the Germans
The poet Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben was born in what is now Wolfsburg in 1798. He is best known for writing “Das Lied der Deutschen”. Its third stanza is now Germany’s national anthem.
National Football League Germany
Wolfsburg loves American sports. You can play American Football with the Blue Wings, baseball with the Wolfsburg Yahoos, Lacrosse with the Wolfsburg Knights and practice Cheerleading with the Wolfsburg Honeybees (who came in second in the 2001 World Championships!).
Champs at Last
VfL Wolfsburg has won the German championship just once in its history, in the 2008-09 season. The women’s team hopes to follow in the men’s footsteps by winning their first title in the Women’s Bundesliga.