Vordorf

Vordorf
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Vordorf within Gifhorn district
Vordorf Vordorf
Coordinates: 52°22′N 10°31′E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Gifhorn
Municipal assoc.	Papenteich
Subdivisions	3 Ortsteile
Government
• Mayor	Heinrich Hintze (CDU)
Area
• Total	19.26 km2 (7.44 sq mi)
Elevation	83 m (272 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,142
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38533
Dialling codes	05304
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.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.

Map of the Papenteich