Wittingen

Wittingen () is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about northeast of Gifhorn, and southeast of Uelzen.

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Place details

Locality: Wittingen
Region: Niedersachsen
Country: Deutschland
Population: 12,427

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Key facts

German location.area: 225.83
German location.postal_code: 29378, 29379
German location.area_code: 05831
German location.type: Stadt
German location.name: Wittingen
German location.image_coa: Wappen Wittingen.png
German location.image_photo: Am Markt in der Altstadt von Wittingen IMG 9239.jpg
German location.image_caption: Market square
German location.image_plan: Wittingen in GF.svg
German location.state: Niedersachsen
German location.district: Gifhorn
German location.elevation: 79
German location.licence: GF
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 1 51 040
German location.divisions: 26 districts
German location.website: www.wittingen.de
German location.mayor: Andreas Ritter
German location.leader_term: 2019–24

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Wikidata facts

Population: 11388
Area: 225.83
Elevation: 86
Official website: www.wittingen.eu
Image: Baudenkmal Haus Kreyenberg von 1640 in der Altstadt von Wittingen IMG 9257.jpg
Dialing code: 05839
Licence plate code: GF

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Commons category: Wittingen
postal code: 29379
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P12749: December 4
hashtag: Wittingen

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Travel guide

Understand

thumb|300px|Junkerstraße in Wittingen, with half-timbered houses This article covers attractions and facilities for visitors in and around the villages of Hankensbüttel, Knesebeck and Wittingen in the district of Gifhorn.

Get in

Take a flight to Hamburg, Hannover or Berlin. Then take a high-speed train to Wolfsburg. From there, you may take a cab to Knesebeck. Alternatively, take the regional train to Knesebeck (via Braunschweig, Gifhorn), which might be a little bit slower.

Do

There are good opportunities in Knesebeck for hiking, jogging, hunting and horse-riding.

Drink

thumb|This lovely morning view is of the Hankensbüttel Cemetery

Go next

Attractions in the region are the Lüneburger Heide and the town of Gifhorn, the Phaeno and Autostadt in Wolfsburg, the historic old towns of Celle and Lüneburg as well as the Museumsdorf Hösseringen near Uelzen.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

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Contents

Division of the town
History
Demographic data
Mayors
Sights
Infrastructure
Health and medicine
Transport
Notable people
Industry
References
External links

Wittingen () is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about northeast of Gifhorn, and southeast of Uelzen.

== Division of the town == Wittingen consists of 27 districts: {| | width="200" valign="top" | Boitzenhagen Darrigsdorf Erpensen Eutzen Gannerwinkel Glüsingen Hagen Kakerbeck Knesebeck | width="200" valign="top" | Küstorf Lüben Mahnburg Ohrdorf Plastau Rade Radenbeck Schneflingen Stöcken | width="200" valign="top" | Suderwittingen Teschendorf Vorhop Transvaal Wittingen Wollerstorf Wunderbüttel Zasenbeck Rumsdorf |}