Witzenhausen

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Witzenhausen
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Mayor	Angela Fischer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	126.69 km² (48.9 sq mi)
Elevation	141 m  (463 ft)
Population	15,864  (31/12/2006)
- Density	125 /km² (324 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	ESW
Postal codes	37213–37218
Area code	05542
Website	www.witzenhausen.de Coordinates: 51°20′32″N 9°51′28″E / 51.34222, 9.85778

Witzenhausen is a town in the district of Werra-Meißner, in Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Districts 2 Notable persons 3 Twin towns 4 Image gallery 5 External links

[edit] Districts

Witzenhausen has the following districts:

• Albshausen
• Berlepsch-Ellerode-Hübenthal
• Blickershausen
• Dohrenbach (Luftkurort)
• Ellingerode
• Ermschwerd
• Gertenbach
• Hubenrode
• Hundelshausen
• Kleinalmerode
• Neuseesen
• Roßbach (Erholungsort)
• Unterrieden
• Wendershausen
• Werleshausen
• Ziegenhagen (Luftkurort)

[edit] Notable persons

• Jacob Schweppe - Founder of Schweppes.

[edit] Twin towns

Witzenhausen is twinned with the following cities:

• - Filton, United Kingdom
• - Kayunga, Uganda
• - St Vallier-sur-Rhône, France
• - Vignola, Italy

Furthermore, there is a pupil's exchange between 100 Mile House High School (Canada, BC) and the comprehensive school of Withenhausen.

[edit] Image gallery

Half timbered houses in the town center

The Town Hall

Iron curtain Germany (near Witzenhausen-Heiligenstadt)

[edit] External links

• Witzenhausen website (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Werra-Meißner-Kreis district Bad Sooden-Allendorf | Berkatal | Eschwege | Großalmerode | Herleshausen | Hessisch Lichtenau | Meinhard | Meißner | Neu-Eichenberg | Ringgau | Sontra | Waldkappel | Wanfried | Wehretal | Weißenborn | Witzenhausen