Wittmar

Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Wittmar

Wittmar
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Wittmar within Wolfenbüttel district
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Coordinates: 52°08′N 10°38′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wolfenbüttel
Municipal assoc.	Elm-Asse
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Becker (SPD)
Area
• Total	4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,115
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38329
Dialling codes	05337
Vehicle registration	WF

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.