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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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 |}