Adenbüttel

Adenbüttel is a municipality in the Gifhorn district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich. The Municipality Adenbüttel includes the villages of Adenbüttel and Rolfsbüttel

Adenbüttel
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Adenbüttel within Gifhorn district
Adenbüttel Show map of Germany Adenbüttel Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°22′51″N 10°27′09″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Municipal assoc.	Papenteich
Subdivisions	2 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Michael Heinrichs (SPD)
Area
• Total	13.71 km2 (5.29 sq mi)
Elevation	74 m (243 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,827
• Density	130/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38528
Dialling codes	05304
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.adenbuettel.de

Map of the Papenteich

Geography

Neighbourhood

* distance from downtown

	City of Gifhorn (16 km)
Municipality Didderse (3 km)		Municipality Rötgesbüttel (8 km)
		Municipality Meine (4 km)		City of Wolfsburg (24 km)
Municipality Schwülper (3 km)		Rethen (2 km)
	City of Braunschweig (16 km)

Geographical position

Adenbüttel is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath. However, administrative it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Adenbüttel is around 4 km to the west to the German highway 4 (near Meine) and around 7 km to the north of the interchange Brunswick North (A2 /A391). Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.

History

The first documentary mentioning of Adenbüttel was in the year 1226. In 1619 a church was erected, whose baseplate can yet be seen nowadays. In the first half of 20th century a potash mine existed near the village.

Politics

The last election for the community government took place on the 10 September 2006 with an election turnout of 73.39%. Since that day the district council consists as follows:

• CDU 5 Seats
• SPD 4 Seats
• Independent Party 2 Seats

References

1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.