Vordorf

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Vordorf within Gifhorn district

52°22′N 10°31′E / 52.367°N 10.517°E / 52.367; 10.517CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictGifhorn Municipal assoc.Papenteich Subdivisions3 OrtsteileGovernment

• MayorHeinrich Hintze (CDU)Area

• Total19.26 km² (7.44 sq mi)Elevation

83 m (272 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total3,142 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

38533

Dialling codes05304Vehicle registrationGFWebsitewww.vordorf.de

Vordorf is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a member municipality of the Samtgemeinde Papenteich. The Municipality Vordorf includes the villages of Eickhorst, Rethen and Vordorf.

Municipal Council

The council of the Municipality Vordorf consists of 15 councilmen and woman:

CDU 8 mandates (-1)
SPD 6 mandates (-)
FDP 1 mandate (+1)

(Status: community election 10 September 2006 with a voter participation of 59,23%)

Language

In former times the everyday speech of Vordorf was an Eastphalian Papenteich Low Saxon dialect, whereas the speech in school and church was Standard German. Nowadays Standard German has displaced the dialect mostly.

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.

Towns and municipalities in Gifhorn (district)