Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Wittmar | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wittmar within Wolfenbüttel district  | |
  Wittmar  Wittmar | |
| Coordinates: 52°08′N 10°38′E / 52.133°N 10.633°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Wolfenbüttel |
| Municipal assoc. | Elm-Asse |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andreas Becker (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 131 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,115 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38329 |
| Dialling codes | 05337 |
| Vehicle registration | WF |
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Asse
editFor 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
editExternal links
edit- Samtgemeinde Asse (in German)
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