Wittingen

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Wittingen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Wittingen
Wittingen (Germany)
Wittingen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Town subdivisions 26 districts
Mayor Karl Ridder (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 225.08 km² (86.9 sq mi)
Elevation 79 m  (259 ft)
Population 12,268  (30/06/2005)
 - Density 55 /km² (141 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GF
Postal codes 29378, 29379
Area code 05831
Website www.wittingen.de

Coordinates: 52°43′00″N 10°44′00″E / 52.716667, 10.733333

Wittingen is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 30 km northeast of Gifhorn, and 30 km southeast of Uelzen.

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[edit] Division of the town

Wittingen consists of 27 districts:

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

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Health and medicine

Wittingen has one hospital (Städtisches Krankenhaus), 4 pharmacies and 6 dentists.

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