Wittmar

Wittmar
Coat of arms
Wittmar
Location of Wittmar within Wolfenbüttel district
Coordinates: 52°08′N 10°38′E / 52.133°N 10.633°E / 52.133; 10.633Coordinates: 52°08′N 10°38′E / 52.133°N 10.633°E / 52.133; 10.633
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Wolfenbüttel
Municipal assoc.	Elm-Asse
Government
• Mayor	Andreas Becker (SPD)
Area
• Total	4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Elevation	131 m (430 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,159
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	38329
Dialling codes	05337
Vehicle registration	WF

Wittmar is a municipality in the district of Wolfenbüttel, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

For several hundred years, salt has been mined in Asse, a small mountain range in the district of Wolfenbüttel. One of these mines, Schacht Asse II, is now used to store low- and medium-grade radioactive waste produced by medicine and nuclear power plants.