Pre-hop

Pre-hop City of Wittingen Coordinates: 52 ° 38 ′ 35 ″ N , 10 ° 39 ′ 36 ″ E
Height :	70 m
Area :	22.28 km²
Residents :	518 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Population density :	23 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Incorporated into:	Knesebeck
Postal code :	29379
Area code :	05834
	Location of Vorhop in Wittingen

Vorhop is a district of the city of Wittingen in the district of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony .

geography

The town is located southwest of the core village Wittingen on the country road L 286th

To the southeast of Vorhop is the Gagelstrauch nature reserve near Vorhop . The Elbe Lateral Canal runs to the west . Vorhop is a stop on the Braunschweig – Wieren railway line .

history

The first known documentary mention of the place took place in 1340.

On March 1, 1974, the Vorhop community was incorporated into the Knesebeck community , and on April 1, 1974, the Knesebeck community became part of Wittingen.

Vorhop also included the Malloh and Transvaal residential areas .

politics

	CDU	SPD	total
2016	4th	1	5 seats

The local mayor is Christel Schirmer ( CDU ).

Personalities

Friedrich Bartels (1877–1928), writer and poet
Oliver Graf (1981), cultural manager

literature

666 years pre-hop. Pre-hop 2006.

Web links

Commons : Vorhop - collection of images, videos and audio files

Vorhop's private website

Individual evidence

↑ Population figures and area from wittingen.de (PDF file, 34 KB, last accessed on May 9, 2017)
↑ Population figures from wittingen.de (PDF file, 34 KB, last accessed on August 27, 2019)
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 227 and 228 .
↑ election results. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .

[1] Population figures and area from wittingen.de (PDF file, 34 KB, last accessed on May 9, 2017)

[2] Population figures from wittingen.de (PDF file, 34 KB, last accessed on August 27, 2019)

[3] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 227 and 228 .

[4] election results. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .