Wittingen

Wittingen
Market square
Market square
Coat of arms of Wittingen
Location of Wittingen within Gifhorn district
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Wittingen is located in Germany
Wittingen
Wittingen
Wittingen is located in Lower Saxony
Wittingen
Wittingen
Coordinates: 52°43′N 10°44′E / 52.717°N 10.733°E / 52.717; 10.733
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGifhorn
Subdivisions26 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Andreas Ritter[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total225.08 km2 (86.90 sq mi)
Elevation
79 m (259 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total11,489
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29378, 29379
Dialling codes05831
Vehicle registrationGF
Websitewww.wittingen.de

Wittingen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪ.tɪŋ.ən]) is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Gifhorn, and 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Uelzen.

Division of the town

Wittingen consists of 27 districts:

  • Boitzenhagen
  • Darrigsdorf
  • Erpensen
  • Eutzen
  • Gannerwinkel
  • Glüsingen
  • Hagen
  • Kakerbeck
  • Knesebeck
  • Suderwittingen
  • Teschendorf
  • Vorhop
  • Transvaal
  • Wittingen
  • Wollerstorf
  • Wunderbüttel
  • Zasenbeck
  • Rumsdorf

History

The earliest identified record of Wittingen appears in a document dated 781 which defines the territorial borders of the Bishopric of Hildesheim. Another early mention dates from 803 during the reign of Charlemagne, this time identifying the borders of the newly established Bishopric of Halberstadt. Neither of these sources pins down a date for the foundation of Wittingen, however.

During the Medieval period Wittingen was not merely a frontier point, but also a focus for traffic crossing into and out of the Altmark. The town was a trading point and an overnight stop for east-west commerce. Its significance was signaled in the ninth century when The Bishopric had the Church of St Stephen built. By the beginning of the thirteenth century Wittingen had been granted Town privileges, and was a part owner of the Lüneburg Mint. The fourteenth century was a period of political instability in this part of Europe and in 1340 ownership of Wittingen was transferred to the Welfs of Celle. Later, with the outbreak of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud, the town was almost completely destroyed in 1519. Consequently, the building of town fortifications began shortly afterwards.

Monument house Kreyenberg from 1640
Wittingen
Brewer sculpture (1998 by Georg Arfmann)

Demographic data

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 at an average floor space of 49.9 square metres (537 sq ft) per person. Since the formation of the borough, the population grew steadily, both by natural population increase as well as immigration. 21.3% of the population in 2005 were under 18 years old, 7.1% from 18 to 25, 27.0% from 25 to 45, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% were 65 years old or older. The unemployment rate stood at an average of 11.3% (men: 9.4%, women: 14.0%). 2,247 people commute regularly out of the town and 1745 into it daily.[3]

Mayors

  • 1974-1985: Robert Leipelt
  • 1985-1989: Paul Degenhardt
  • 1990-1991: Wilfried Wolter
  • 1991-1996: Lothar Schoss
  • 1996-2001: Günther Schulze
  • 2001-2002: Hans-Jürgen Schindler
  • 2002–2019: Karl Ridder (CDU)
  • since 2019: Andreas Ritter

Infrastructure

Health and medicine

Wittingen has one hospital (Städtisches Krankenhaus), four pharmacies and six dentists.

Transport

Wittingen is situated at the Brunswick-Uelzen railway and offers connections to Braunschweig.

Philipp Spitta
Friedrich Spitta before 1896

Notable people

Industry

Privatbrauerei Wittingen

The Privatbrauerei Wittingen produces with 100 employees 365 000 hectolitres of beer per year.

References

  1. ^ "Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen". Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. April 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ IHK Braunschweig: Regionalbericht 2006 Archived July 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Spitta, Karl Johann Philipp" . New International Encyclopedia. Vol. XVIII. 1905.
  5. ^ "Spitta, Friedrich" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 711.

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