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Wittingen
Coat of arms of Wittingen
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Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)
 • Total 11,405
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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 is located at 52° 43′ N, 10° 44′ E and its postal codes are 29378 and 29379.

Around Wittingen, there are 26 villages:

  • Boitzenhagen
  • Darrigsdorf
  • Erpensen
  • Eutzen
  • Gannerwinkel
  • Glüsingen
  • Hagen
  • Kakerbeck
  • Knesebeck
  • Küstorf
  • Lüben
  • Mahnburg
  • Ohrdorf
  • Plastau
  • Rade
  • Radenbeck
  • Schneflingen
  • Stöcken
  • Suderwittingen
  • Teschendorf
  • Vorhop
  • Transvaal
  • Wollerstorf
  • Wunderbüttel
  • Zasenbeck
  • Rumsdorf

History

Wittingen was first mentioned in a document of 781

Images for kids

  • Baudenkmal Haus Kreyenberg von 1640 in der Altstadt von Wittingen IMG 9257

    Monument house Kreyenberg from 1640

  • Skulptur Braumeister (1998 von Georg Arfmann) in Wittingen IMG 9229

    Brewer sculpture (1998 by Georg Arfmann)

  • Spitta

    Philipp Spitta

  • Brauerei Wittingen in Wittingen IMG 9261

    Privatbrauerei Wittingen

See also

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