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Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
Wendland may also refer to:
The Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Its heart is the Hanoverian Wendland in the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony.
In 2012 the state of Lower Saxony nominated the Rundling villages in Hanoverian Wendland for the German shortlist of candidates for future UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Subsequent decisions that will determine the success of this bid take place in 2013 at the conference of education ministers ( Kultusministerkonferenz) and no earlier than 2017 by UNESCO.
Wendland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- August von Wendland (1806–1884), diplomat from the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Heinrich Wendland (1791–1869), German botanist (H.L.Wendl.)
- Hermann Wendland, German botanist (H.Wendl.)
- Johann Christoph Wendland (1755–1828), German botanist (Wendl.)
- Mike Wendland, American technology reporter
- Paul Wendland, German philologist
- Ray Wendland, Ph.D., American petrochemist and educator
- Robert Wendland, subject of Wendland v. Wendland an American court case concerning right to life vs. right to die
- Scott Wendland, American figure skater
- Wolfgang Wendland (born 1962), German musician, actor, film producer and politician
- Marcelle von Wendland (born 1970), British entrepreneur, executive, published author and expert in the area of risk and financial instruments as well as semantic data models and data utilities