Radenbeck (Wittingen)
Encyclopedia
Radenbeck is a village in the borough of Wittingen
in the district of Gifhorn in the north German state of Lower Saxony
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federal road.
The parish extends from the River Ohre
to the east, a tributary of the Elbe
, it rises towards the west, and is on a gentle, northeast facing slope. The state border with Saxony-Anhalt
runs along the Ohre 1.1 kilometres away.
Wittingen
Wittingen is a town in the district of Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 30 km northeast of Gifhorn, and 30 km southeast of Uelzen.- Division of the town :Wittingen consists of 27 districts:- Demographic data :...
in the district of Gifhorn in the north German state of Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
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Location
Radenbeck lies 13 kilometres southeast of the town of Wittingen and, like it, on the B 244Bundesstraße 244
Bundesstraße 244 is a federal road in Germany that branches off the B 4 west of Dedelstorf towards the east and runs through Wittingen, Brome, Rühen, Velpke, Helmstedt, Schöningen, Dardesheim, Wernigerode to Elbingerode, where it ends at the B 27....
federal road.
The parish extends from the River Ohre
Ohre
The Ohře is a 316 km long river in Germany and the Czech Republic , left tributary of the Elbe. The basin area of the river has a size of 6,255 km², of which 5,614 km² are in the Czech Republic and 641 km² in Germany...
to the east, a tributary of the Elbe
Elbe
The Elbe is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Krkonoše Mountains of the northwestern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia , then Germany and flowing into the North Sea at Cuxhaven, 110 km northwest of Hamburg...
, it rises towards the west, and is on a gentle, northeast facing slope. The state border with Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...
runs along the Ohre 1.1 kilometres away.
Sources
- Edeltraud Hundertmark: Der Landkreis Gifhorn, II. Gemeindebeschreibungen mit statistischem Anhang. Teil 2: Mahrenholz bis Zicherie. (Die Deutschen Landkreise. Handbuch für Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Kultur. Reihe D: Die Landkreise in Niedersachsen Bd. 26, II), pp. 587–592.