Woltersdorf, Lower Saxony

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Woltersdorf
Coat of arms
show Location of Woltersdorf within Lüchow-Dannenberg district
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Coordinates: 52°57′N 11°13′E / 52.950°N 11.217°E / 52.950; 11.217Coordinates: 52°57′N 11°13′E / 52.950°N 11.217°E / 52.950; 11.217
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Lüchow-Dannenberg
Municipal assoc.	Lüchow (Wendland)
Subdivisions	4 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Claudia Hennings (CDU)
Area
• Total	27.97 km2 (10.80 sq mi)
Elevation	31 m (102 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	899
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	29497
Dialling codes	05841
Vehicle registration	DAN

Woltersdorf is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The municipality Woltersdorf includes the villages Woltersdorf, Klein Breese, Lichtenberg and .

Famous sites around Woltersdorf are the Brautstein ("stone of the bride") and the Feldkirche ("church on the field"). Both of them can be seen in the coat of arms of Woltersdorf. Former is a formation of ancient boulders left there by glaciers in the ice-age and has a legend to it, latter has a little stone in its walls which was taken from the Slavic population and was built into the church. The stone shows a face that the Slavic population obviously prayed to. The Christians built it into their church to show their superiority.

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