Wittmar

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Coat of arms of Wittmar
Coat of arms
Location of Wittmar within Wolfenbüttel district
Wolfenbüttel (district)Lower SaxonySalzgitterBraunschweigHildesheim (district)Goslar (district)Saxony-AnhaltHelmstedt (district)Peine (district)SehldeHeereHaverlahElbeBaddeckenstedtBurgdorfSchladen-WerlaBörßumFlötheCrammeWolfenbüttelOhrumDorstadtHeiningenBörßumHedeperDenkteWittmarKissenbrückRemlingen-SemmenstedtDettumVeltheimSickteEvessenRoklumWinnigstedtVahlbergUehrdeKneitlingenEvessenCremlingenDahlumErkerodeSchöppenstedtunincorporated area
52°08′N 10°38′E / 52.133°N 10.633°E / 52.133; 10.633CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictWolfenbüttel Municipal assoc.Elm-Asse Government
 • MayorAndreas Becker (SPD)Area
 • Total4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)Elevation
131 m (430 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,115 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
38329
Dialling codes05337Vehicle registrationWF

Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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.

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

External links

  • Samtgemeinde Asse (in German)
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