Country Germany District Wolfenbüttel Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 4.65 km² Population 1,251 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 05337 | State Lower Saxony Elevation 131 m (430 ft) Postal codes 38329 Local time Wednesday 12:10 AM Postal code 38329 Municipal assoc. Elm-Asse | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 83% Humidity | ||
Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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Map of Wittmar, Germany
Asse
For 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.
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