Wiefelstede

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Wiefelstede within Ammerland district

(2021–26) Jörg Pieper^[1] (Ind.)Area

• Total106.01 km² (40.93 sq mi)Elevation

16 m (52 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total16,282 • Density150/km² (400/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

26215

Dialling codes04402Vehicle registrationWSTWebsitewww.wiefelstede.de

Wiefelstede (Low German: Wiefelstä) is a municipality in the Ammerland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km northwest of Oldenburg.

It is home to Brötje Automation GmbH, an automated aircraft assembly manufacturer.

The St. Johannes Evangelical Lutheran church located in Wiefelstede is the oldest stone church in the Ammerland Region. The church opened in 1057.

Sons and daughters

Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976), German lutheran theologian and professor of the New Testament at the University of Marburg

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.