Woltersdorf, Lower Saxony

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Woltersdorf within Lüchow-Dannenberg district

52°57′N 11°13′E / 52.950°N 11.217°E / 52.950; 11.217CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLüchow-Dannenberg Municipal assoc.Lüchow (Wendland)Subdivisions4 OrtsteileGovernment

• 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 zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

29497

Dialling codes05841Vehicle 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

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

Towns and municipalities in Lüchow-Dannenberg (district)