Wittingen

Town
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wittingen within Gifhorn district
	Coordinates: 52°43′N 10°44′E / 52.717°N 10.733°ECoordinates: 52°43′N 10°44′E / 52.717°N 10.733°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Subdivisions	26 districts
Government
• Mayor	Karl Ridder (CDU)
Area
• Total	225.08 km2 (86.90 sq mi)
Elevation	79 m (259 ft)
Population (2005-06-30)
• Total	12,268
• Density	54.505/km2 (141.167/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29378, 29379
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.wittingen.de

Wittingen is a small town in the north of the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It has 12.268 inhabitants (2005). Wittingen's postal codes are 29378 and 29379.

Divisions

Around Wittingen, there are 26 villages:

Boitzenhagen
Darrigsdorf
Erpensen
Eutzen
Gannerwinkel
Glüsingen
Hagen
Kakerbeck
Knesebeck

Küstorf
Lüben
Mahnburg
Ohrdorf
Plastau
Rade
Radenbeck
Schneflingen
Stöcken

Suderwittingen
Teschendorf
Vorhop
Transvaal
Wollerstorf
Wunderbüttel
Zasenbeck
Rumsdorf

History

Wittingen was first mentioned in a document of 781.

Democracy

According to the Lower Saxony State Department for Statistics, 12,291 people lived in the town of Wittingen in 2005 in 3,745 buildings with a total of 5,399 homes.