Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Hesse » Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Landkreis » Witzenhausen Population* 15 097 Retail purchasing power* 5 501 €/person/year Urbanization* sparsely populated Area information Municipal area* 126,78 km² Industrial and commercial area* 70 ha Residential building area* 368 ha Agricultural area* 10 ha Excise tax Level of business tax* 420 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B* 655 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district)* 5,6 % Labour - total* 28 880 person employed Labour by job specification Labour - expert* 9 % Labour - specialist* 12 % Labour - skilled worker* 60 % Labour - helper* 17 % Gross salary by job specification Gross salary - expert* 5 294 €/month Gross salary - specialist* 3 944 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker* 3 241 €/month Gross salary - helper* 2 685 €/month Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance)* 8 km Motorway junction Friedland (A38) Nearby motorways A38 A7 Airport Airport (distance)* 86 km Name of airport Flughafen Erfurt-Weimar Port Port (distance)* 93 km Name of port Hafen Hildesheim Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Zweigkanal Hildesheim Freight village Freight village (distance)* 23 km Name of freight village GVZ Göttingen Modality bimodal Contact My|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Website