Adenbüttel

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Adenbüttel
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Adenbüttel
Adenbüttel (Germany)
Adenbüttel
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Municipal assoc. Papenteich
Local subdivisions 2 Ortsteile
Mayor Michael Heinrichs (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 13.71 km² (5.3 sq mi)
Elevation 74 m  (243 ft)
Population 1,733  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 126 /km² (327 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GF
Postal code 38528
Area code 05304
Website www.adenbuettel.de

Coordinates: 52°22′51″N 10°27′09″E / 52.38083, 10.4525

Map of the Papenteich
Map of the Papenteich

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

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbourhood

* distance from downtown

City of Gifhorn (16 km)
Municipality Didderse (3km) Municipality Rötgesbüttel (8 km)
Municipality Meine (4 km) City of Wolfsburg (24 km)
Municipality Schwülper (3 km) Rethen (2km)
City of Braunschweig (16 km)

[edit] Geographical position

Adenbüttel is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath. However, administrative it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Adenbüttel is around 4 km to the west to the German highway 4 (near Meine) and around 7 km to the north of the interchange Brunswick North (A2 /A391). Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.

[edit] History

The first documentary mentioning of Adenbüttel was in the year 1226. In 1619 a church was erected, whose baseplat can yet be seen nowadays. In the fist half of 20th century a potash mine existed near the village.

[edit] Politics

The last election for the community government took place on the 10th September, 2006 with an election turnout of 73.39%. Since that day the district council consists as follows:

  • CDU 5 Seats
  • SPD 4 Seats
  • Independent Party 2 Seats
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