Rötgesbüttel

Rötgesbüttel
Rötgesbüttel
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Gifhorn
Municipal assoc. Papenteich
Mayor André Lohmann (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 10.83 km2 (4.18 sq mi)
Elevation 67 m  (220 ft)
Population 2,294 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 212 /km2 (549 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GF
Postal code 38531
Area code 05304

Rötgesbüttel is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich

Contents

Geography

Neighbourhood

* distance from downtown

City of Gifhorn (8 km)
Municipality Ribbesbüttel (3 km) Municipality Isenbüttel (6 km)
Village Vollbüttel (3 km) Village Ohnhorst (3 km) City of Wolfsburg (18 km)
Municipality Adenbüttel (10 km) Municipality Meine (5 km)
City of Peine (33 km) City of Braunschweig (22 km)

Geographical position

Rötgesbüttel is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath. It is situated at the German highway 4 and around 13 km to the north of the interchange Brunswick North (A2 /A391). Administrative it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.

History

The first documentary mentioning of Rötgesbüttel was in the year 1226. In former times the village was known as Rotlekesbutle . As most of the so called “-büttel” villages it is expected that Rötgesbüttel may erected earliest in 10th century. In the Middle Ages Rötgesbüttel the crossing traffic of a trade road from Braunschweig to Hamburg influenced the villages development.

Politics

Municipal Council

The council of the Municipality Rötgesbüttel consists of 12 councilmen and woman:

(Status: community election 10. September 2006 with a voter participation of 59,80 %)

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