Vordorf

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Coordinates: 52°22′N 10°31′E

Vordorf
Coat of arms of Vordorf Location of Vordorf in Germany

Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Population 3,326 (2003)
Area 19.26 km²
Population density 173 /km²
Elevation 83 m
Coordinates 52°22′ N 10°31′ E
Postal code 38533
Area code 05304
Licence plate code GF
Mayor Heinrich Hintze (CDU)
Website vordorf.de

Vordorf is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich. The Municipality Vordorf includes the villages of Eickhorst, Rethen and Vordorf.

[edit] Municipal Council

The council of the Municipality Vordorf consists of 15 councilmen and woman:

  • CDU 8 mandates (-1)
  • SPD 6 mandates (-)
  • FDP 1 mandate (+1)

(Status: community election 10. September 2006 with a voter participation of 59,23 %)

[edit] Language

In former times the everyday speech of Vordorf was a eastphalian Papenteich Low Saxon dialect, whereas the speech in school and church was Standard German. Nowadays Standard German has displaced the dialect mostly.

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