Woltershausen

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Woltershausen
Ortsteil of Lamspringe
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Location of Woltershausen
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Woltershausen
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Woltershausen
Coordinates: 51°59′N09°57′E / 51.983°N 9.950°E / 51.983; 9.950 Coordinates: 51°59′N09°57′E / 51.983°N 9.950°E / 51.983; 9.950
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Hildesheim
Municipality Lamspringe
Area
  Total16.38 km2 (6.32 sq mi)
Elevation
192 m (630 ft)
Population
 (2015-12-31)
  Total817
  Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
31195
Dialling codes 05183
Vehicle registration HI

Woltershausen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality Lamspringe.

Hildesheim is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Hanover, Peine, Wolfenbüttel, Goslar, Northeim, Holzminden and Hamelin-Pyrmont.

Lower Saxony State in Germany

Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km2 (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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