At the end of the 15th century the sculptor Hans Brüggemann, creator of the renowned Bordesholm Altar of Schleswig Cathedral, is born in the town.

1626 Extensive destruction in the town by the troops of Count Tilly during the Thirty Years' War.

1811 During the Napoleonic era, Walsrode becomes a border town between France and the Kingdom of Westphalia.

1957 The German border patrol agency (Bundesgrenzschutz) establishes a training school in the town.

1984 The state legislature of Lower Saxony allows the town to incorporate as an "independent community".