Witzenhausen

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Witzenhausen is a town with a population of 10,000 in the Werra-Meißner district of Hessen, Germany.

Contents 1 Districts 2 Famous residents 3 Twin cities 4 Image gallery 5 External links

[edit] Districts

Witzenhausen has the following districts:

• Albshausen
• Berlepsch-Ellerode-Hübenthal
• Blickershausen
• Dohrenbach (Luftkurort)
• Ellingerode
• Ermschwerd
• Gertenbach
• Hubenrode
• Hundelshausen
• Kleinalmerode
• Neuseesen
• Roßbach (Erholungsort)
• Unterrieden
• Wendershausen
• Werleshausen
• Ziegenhagen (Luftkurort)

[edit] Famous residents

• Jacob Schweppe - Founder of Schweppes.

[edit] Twin cities

Witzenhausen is twinned with the following cities:

• - Filton, United Kingdom;
• - Kayunga, Uganda;
• - St Vallier-sur-Rhône, France;
• - Vignola, Italy.

Furthermore, there is a pupil's exchange between 100 Mile House High School (Canada, BC) and the comprehensive school of Withenhausen.

[edit] Image gallery

Half timbered houses in the town center

The Town Hall

Iron curtain Germany (near Witzenhausen-Heiligenstadt)

[edit] External links

• Witzenhausen website (In German)

Coordinates: 51°20′N 9°52′E