Veltheim

Veltheim (; historically known as Veltheim an der Ohe) is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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German location.image_coa: DEU Veltheim (Ohe) COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Veltheim (Ohe) in WF.svg
German location.state: Niedersachsen
German location.district: Wolfenbüttel
German location.Samtgemeinde: Sickte
German location.elevation: 130
German location.area: 8.49
German location.postal_code: 38173
German location.area_code: 05305
German location.licence: WF
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 1 58 033
German location.website: www.veltheim-ohe.de
German location.mayor: Alexander von Veltheim
German location.party: CDU

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Population: 1005
Area: 8.49
Elevation: 130
Official website: www.sickte.de/content/veltheim
Image: Dorfkirche-veltheim-1.JPG
Dialing code: 05305
Licence plate code: WF

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postal code: 38173
Commons category: Veltheim (Ohe)
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Veltheim (; historically known as Veltheim an der Ohe) is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

== Veltheim family == The noble Brunswick ministerialis family von Veltheim was first mentioned in 1160. (See Veltheim family, German article.) They owned Veltheim Castle until 1495, however remained based on other estates that had since been acquired in the Helmstedt, Magdeburg and Harz regions. The von Veltheim family bought back Veltheim Castle in 1832 and they continue to inhabit it.