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Wittingen
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: 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 privilege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radenbeck (Wittingen)
Radenbeck is a village in the town of Wittingen in the district of Landkreis Gifhorn, Gifhorn in the north German state of Lower Saxony. Location Radenbeck lies 13 kilometres southeast of the town of Wittingen and, like it, on the Bundesstraße 244, B 244 federal road. The parish extends from the River Ohre to the east, a tributary of the Elbe, it rises towards the west, and is on a gentle, northeast facing slope. The state border with Saxony-Anhalt runs along the Ohre 1.1 kilometres away. Sources * Edeltraud Hundertmark: ''Der Landkreis Gifhorn, II. Gemeindebeschreibungen mit statistischem Anhang. Teil 2: Mahrenholz bis Zicherie.'' (Die Deutschen Landkreise. Handbuch für Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Kultur. Reihe D: Die Landkreise in Niedersachsen Bd. 26, II), pp. 587–592. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
