Wittingen

Wittingen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Wittingen within Gifhorn district
Wittingen Show map of Germany Wittingen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°43′N 10°44′E / 52.717°N 10.733°E / 52.717; 10.733
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Subdivisions	26 districts
Government
• Mayor	Karl Ridder (CDU)
Area
• Total	225.08 km2 (86.90 sq mi)
Elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	11,162
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29378, 29379
Dialling codes	05831
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.wittingen.de

Wittingen is a small town in the north of the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It has 12.268 inhabitants (2005). Wittingen's postal codes are 29378 and 29379.

Divisions

Around Wittingen, there are 26 villages:

History

Wittingen was first mentioned in a document of 781.

Democracy

According to the Lower Saxony State Department for Statistics, 12,291 people lived in the town of Wittingen in 2005 in 3,745 buildings with a total of 5,399 homes.

Infrastructure

References

Other websites

Media related to Wittingen at Wikimedia Commons

• www.wittingen.de (in German)

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