Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Hesse » Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Landkreis » Witzenhausen Population 15 132 Urbanization sparsely populated Area information Municipal area 126,78 km² Average land price (in district) 60,35 €/m² Industrial and commercial area 70 ha Residential building area 370 ha Agricultural area 10 ha Retail purchasing power Retail purchasing power (per person) 5 501 €/year Retail purchasing power index (per person) n.a. Retail purchasing power (per household) n.a. Retail purchasing power index (per household) n.a. Excise tax Level of business tax 420 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 555 % (municipal rate) Labour market (in district) Labour market Unemployment rate (in district) 5,2 % Labour - total 28 610 persons 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 5 553 €/month Gross salary - specialist 4 153 €/month Gross salary - skilled worker 3 431 €/month Gross salary - helper 2 868 €/month Commuter In-commuters rate n.a. Out-commuters rate n.a. Commuter balance n.a. 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