Didderse

Didderse
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Coordinates: 52°22′51″N 10°24′9″E / 52.38083°N 10.40250°E / 52.38083; 10.40250Coordinates: 52°22′51″N 10°24′9″E / 52.38083°N 10.40250°E / 52.38083; 10.40250
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Municipal assoc.	Papenteich
Government
• Mayor	Randolf Moos (SPD)
Area
• Total	7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,335
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38530
Dialling codes	05373
Vehicle registration	GF
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)
(3 km)	Municipality Hillerse (5 km)	(4 km)
		Municipality Adenbüttel (3 km)		City of Wolfsburg (24 km)
(1 km)	(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, and .

Politics[]

The last election for the community government took place on 10 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 (-)

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