Ilten and Surroundings / Area
Ilten is with about 4,900 inhabitants a district of the city of Sehnde which is situated at southeast from Hannover with the B 65.
The earliest mention of Ilten is delivered from 1240.
In the high Middle Ages Ilten (instead of Lühnde) became a centre of the so-called big open air, one since the first settlement with special privileges of equipped border area between the high-level pencil 
Today stamping for the place (district of Köthenwald) the big complex of the Wahrendorffschen is medical centres with many houses and parks to recover and regenerate.
Hildesheim and the sphere of influence of the Guelphs.
The office buildings testifying even today of it as well as the church come from the baroque time.
From 1897 to 1960 became a tram line from Hannover via Ilten and Sehnde to Haimar pursued.
Many decades till 1927 if the potash mining was the most important industrial branch.
The nearness to Sehnde and among other things the medium country canal offer a lot of space for epicures, excursions and rest.
Wellknown sons and daughters of the place
Ursula von der Leyen (*1958), politician (CDU), since 2005 Federal Chancellor for family, Senior citizens, women and youth.
Jörg Kretzschmar (*1964), former professional footballer with Borussia brook Mönchenglad, SV Meppen and German Football Association cup-winner with Hannover 96 in 1992, later also actively than trainer of the 1st man's team of the MTV Ilten.
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