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steadily, both by natural population increase as well as immigration. 21.3% of the population in 2005 were under 18 years old, 7.1% from 18 to 25, 27.0% from 25 to 45, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% were 65 years old or older. The unemployment rate stood at an average of 11.3% (men: 9.4%, women: 14.0%). 2,247 people commute regularly out of the town and 1745 into it daily.
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The earliest identified record of
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Wittingen has one hospital (Städtisches
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built. By the beginning of the thirteenth century
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produces with 100 employees 365 000 hectolitres of beer per year.
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896:"Spitta, Karl Johann Philipp"
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719:Wittingen is situated at the
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950:H. BUTTING GmbH & Co. KG
694:2002–2019: Karl Ridder (CDU)
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723:and offers connections to
697:since 2019: Andreas Ritter
688:1996-2001: Günther Schulze
682:1990-1991: Wilfried Wolter
679:1985-1989: Paul Degenhardt
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821:Privatbrauerei Wittingen
815:Privatbrauerei Wittingen
721:Brunswick-Uelzen railway
685:1991-1996: Lothar Schoss
632:Hildesheim Diocesan Feud
601:Bishopric of Halberstadt
205:Show map of Lower Saxony
1193:Westerbeck (Sassenburg)
924:Encyclopædia Britannica
764:in Wittingen 1847-1853.
593:Bishopric of Hildesheim
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401:29378, 29379
396:Postal codes
287:26 districts
284:Subdivisions
266:Lower Saxony
61:Coat of arms
1342:Wollerstorf
1333:Teschendorf
1271:Darrigsdorf
1256:Borough of
1138:Sprakensehl
1128:Schönewörde
945:(in German)
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597:Charlemagne
569:Wollerstorf
557:Teschendorf
489:Darrigsdorf
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1371:Categories
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1148:Tappenbeck
1143:Steinhorst
1123:Sassenburg
1063:Isenbüttel
1028:Dedelstorf
1013:Bokensdorf
998:Adenbüttel
827:References
336:Population
292:Government
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166:Wittingen
24:Wittingen
1382:Wittingen
1348:Zasenbeck
1336:Transvaal
1320:Radenbeck
1295:Knesebeck
1290:Kakerbeck
1283:Glüsingen
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1203:Wittingen
1198:Weyhausen
1188:Wesendorf
1183:Wasbüttel
1173:Wagenhoff
1153:Tiddische
1133:Schwülper
1093:Obernholz
1083:Meinersen
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715:Transport
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563:Transvaal
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511:Knesebeck
507:Kakerbeck
501:Glüsingen
439:Wittingen
384:UTC+02:00
363:UTC+01:00
358:Time zone
328:Elevation
278:Gifhorn
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879:Archived
807:Industry
614:had the
578:Rumsdorf
525:Mahnburg
492:Erpensen
273:District
1327:Stöcken
1313:Plastau
1309:Ohrdorf
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1043:Gifhorn
772:Philipp
608:Altmark
587:History
547:Stöcken
533:Plastau
529:Ohrdorf
519:Küstorf
464:Gifhorn
460:Germany
427:Website
254:Germany
250:Country
225:10°44′E
222:52°43′N
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1277:Eutzen
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468:Uelzen
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1286:Hagen
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1118:Rühen
1098:Osloß
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261:State
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