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WOLTERSDORF LOWER SAXONY Latitude and Longitude:

52°57′N 11°13′E / 52.950°N 11.217°E / 52.950; 11.217
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Woltersdorf
Coat of arms of Woltersdorf
Location of Woltersdorf within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Saxony-Anhalt Brandenburg Lüneburg (district) Uelzen (district) Neu Darchau Hitzacker Göhrde Göhrde (unincorporated area) Damnatz Karwitz Zernien Gusborn Langendorf Dannenberg (Elbe) Jameln Lüchow Wustrow Luckau (Wendland) Küsten Waddeweitz Clenze Bergen an der Dumme Schnega Lübbow Woltersdorf Lemgow Prezelle Trebel Gorleben Gartow Höhbeck Schnackenburg Gartow (unincorporated area)
Woltersdorf is located in Germany
Woltersdorf
Woltersdorf
Woltersdorf is located in Lower Saxony
Woltersdorf
Woltersdorf
Coordinates: 52°57′N 11°13′E / 52.950°N 11.217°E / 52.950; 11.217
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc. Lüchow (Wendland)
Subdivisions4 Ortsteile
Government
 •  MayorClaudia Hennings ( CDU)
Area
 • Total27.97 km2 (10.80 sq mi)
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [1]
 • Total894
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 ( CET)
 • Summer ( DST) UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes
29497
Dialling codes05841
Vehicle registrationDAN

Woltersdorf is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The municipality Woltersdorf includes the villages Woltersdorf, Klein Breese, Lichtenberg and Thurau.

Famous sites around Woltersdorf are the Brautstein ("stone of the bride") and the Feldkirche ("church on the field"). Both of these can be seen in the coat of arms of Woltersdorf.

The Brautstein is a formation of ancient boulders left behind by glaciers in the ice age. The Feldkirchr has a little stone in its walls which was taken from the Slavic population and was built into the church.

References

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