Didderse

Didderse
Didderse
Location of Didderse within Gifhorn district
Coordinates	52°22′51″N 10°24′9″E / 52.38083°N 10.4025°E / 52.38083; 10.4025Coordinates: 52°22′51″N 10°24′9″E / 52.38083°N 10.4025°E / 52.38083; 10.4025
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Municipal assoc.	Papenteich
Mayor	Randolf Moos (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m  (197 ft)
Population	1,336 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	180 /km2 (467 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GF
Postal code	38530
Area code	05373
Website	www.papenteich.de

Map of the Papenteich

Didderse is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich.

Geography

Neighbourhood

* distance from downtown

	City of Celle (37 km)	City of Gifhorn (22 km)
Wipshausen, District Peine (3 km)	Municipality Hillerse (5 km)	Village Rolfsbüttel (4 km)
		Municipality Adenbüttel (3 km)		City of Wolfsburg (24 km)
Ersehof, District Peine (1 km)	Neubrück, District Peine (0 km)
City of Peine (12 km)		City of Braunschweig (16 km)

Geographical position

Diddersel is situated north of Braunschweig, between the Harz and the Lüneburg Heath, directly on the Oker banks. However, administrative it belongs to the district of Gifhorn. Didderse is around 500m to the east to the German highway 214 and around 6 km to the north of Bundesautobahn 2. Other bigger towns nearby are: Wolfsburg, Salzgitter, Wolfenbüttel, Gifhorn, Peine and Celle.

History

The first documentary mentioning of Didderse was in the year 780. In former times the village was known as Tiddenhusen. After the community reform from 1974 Didderse belonged to the district of Peine. This connection insisted just for a few years. In 1981 Didderse was reintegrated into the district of Gifhorn.

Culture

Religion

Didderse is by the majority Protestantism. It forms a Parish together with the villages Hillerse, Rolfsbüttel and Neubrück.

Politics

The last election for the community government took place on the 10th September, 2006 with an election turnout of 62.16%. Since that day the district council consists as follows:

• CDU 4 mandates (-1)
• SPD 7 mandates (-)

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung.