Wittmar

Wittmar () is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany. thumb|left|Wittmar

Key facts

German location.name: Wittmar
German location.image_coa: DEU Wittmar COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Wittmar in WF.svg
German location.state: Niedersachsen
German location.district: Wolfenbüttel
German location.Samtgemeinde: Elm-Asse
German location.elevation: 131
German location.area: 4.66
German location.postal_code: 38329
German location.area_code: 05337
German location.licence: WF
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 1 58 036

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Wittmar () is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany. thumb|left|Wittmar

==Asse== For several hundred years, salt has been mined in Asse, a small mountain range in the district of Wolfenbüttel. One of these mines, Schacht Asse II, is now used to store low- and medium-grade radioactive waste produced by medicine and nuclear power plants.