To the east is Schulenburg, and to the west are the town of Garbsen and the villages of Berenbostel and Stelingen.

The archaeologist Helmut Plath considers that St. Gallenhof, the nucleus of the town, was present by 1100 CE.

The name "Engelbostel" is derived from the original "Endelindebostelde", which means something like: "castle of the noblemen."

There are connections to Hanover-North Port (light rail), Langenhagen, Garbsen and Stöckendrebber .

The composer and music theorist Augustus Frederic Christopher Kollmann came from Engelbostel, later moving to London.