Sarstedt
Sarstedt is a town in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. It has approximately 18,500 inhabitants. Sarstedt is situated 20 km south of Hanover and 10 km north of Hildesheim. Sarstedt station is on the Hanoverian Southern Railway and is served by the Hanover S-Bahn. The GEO 600 gravitational wave detector is located nearby. The former independent municipality Giften has been a part of Sarstedt since 1 March 1974. Mayor. The mayor of Sarstedt is Heike Brennecke (SPD). She was elected in September 2014, and re-elected in 2021. The predecessor was Karl-Heinz Wondratschek (SPD). Sarstedt