Wittenburg is a town in the district Ludwigslust-Parchim

Ludwigslust-Parchim

Ludwigslust-Parchim is a district in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by the state Schleswig-Holstein, the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the district-free city Schwerin, the districts Rostock and Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and the states Brandenburg and Lower Saxony...

 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

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Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 5570, area 46.25 km². Wittenburg should not be confused with the much bigger Wittenberg

Wittenberg

Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....

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Wittenburg has been the seat of the Amt of Wittenburg

Wittenburg (Amt)

Wittenburg is an Amt in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The seat of the Amt is in Wittenburg.The Amt Wittenburg consists of the following municipalities:#Körchow#Lehsen#Wittenburg#Wittendörp...

since 2004-01-01. It is in the west of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies on the little river Motel. The areas Helm, Klein Wolde, Wölzow and Ziggelmark are part of Wittenburg.

External links

• http://wittenburg.de - Official homepage (German)