Country Germany District Gifhorn Postal codes 38530 Area 7.41 km² Population 1,354 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 05373 | State Lower Saxony Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Dialling codes 05373 Local time Tuesday 8:28 AM Postal code 38530 Municipal assoc. Papenteich | |
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Didderse is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich.
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Map of 38530 Didderse, Germany
Neighbourhood
* distance from downtown
Geographical position
Diddersel is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath, directly on the Oker banks. However, administrative it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Didderse is around 500m to the east to the German highway 214 and around 6 km to the north of Bundesautobahn 2. Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.
History
The first documentary mentioning of Didderse was in the year 780. In former times the village was known as Tiddenhusen. After the community reform from 1974 Didderse belonged to the district of Peine. This connection insisted just for a few years. In 1981 Didderse was reintegrated into the district of Gifhorn.
Religion
Didderse is by the majority Protestantism. It forms a Parish together with the villages Hillerse, Rolfsbüttel and Neubrück.
Politics
The last election for the community government took place on 10 September 2006 with an election turnout of 62.16%. Since that day the district council consists as follows: