Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Gifhorn, Landkreis » Wittingen Population* 11 388 Retail purchasing power* 5 906 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 225,83 km² Industrial and commercial area* 313 ha Residential building area* 405 ha Agricultural area* 12 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 400 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 370 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 4,8 % Labour - total* 44 830 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 13 % Labour - specialist* 14 % Labour - skilled worker* 56 % Labour - helper* 16 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 438 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 4 709 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 333 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 829 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 30 km Motorway junction Weyhausen (A39) Nearby motorways A39 Airport Airport (distance)* 77 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance)* 5 km Name of port Hafen Wittingen Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance)* 32 km Name of freight village GVZ Wolfsburg Modality trimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website