80 (Hann. Münden–Heiligenstadt) and 451 (Helsa–Witzenhausen), the town is linked to the greater road network. In Hedemünden, some 10 km away, is an interchange on the Autobahn A 7 (Flensburg–Füssen). Near Friedland is an interchange on the A 38 towards Halle. Moreover, Witzenhausen is on the two tourist routes: the German Timber-Frame Road (Deutsche Fachwerkstraße) and the German Fairy Tale Route (Deutsche Märchenstraße). Witzenhausen has a railway station, Witzenhausen Nord, on the Eichenberg–Kassel section of the Halle-Kassel Railway. It is located above the town on the north slope of the Werra valley and is served by trains to Kassel, Göttingen, Erfurt and Halle. The former Witzenhausen Süd station stood southeast of the inner town and has been closed, like the whole of the Gelster Valley Railway between Eichenberg and –Großalmerode. The outlying centre of Gertenbach has a further stop on the Halle-Kassel railway Education Grundschule Gertenbach (primary school) Gelstertalschule Hundelshausen (primary school) Grundschule Witzenhausen (primary school) Steintorschule (school for help with learning) Johannisbergschule Witzenhausen (comprehensive school) Berufliche Schulen des Werra-Meißner-Kreises (vocational schools) University of Kassel Medienzentrum Witzenhausen (media centre) Bildstelle des Werra-Meißner-Kreises (training centre) Deutsches Institut für tropische und subtropische Landwirtschaft GmbH (DITSL, “German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture”) IBZW Internationales Bildungszentrum Witzenhausen GmbH (training centre) DEULA Lehranstalt für angewandte Technik GmbH Folk high school GNE Witzenhausen Famous people Burkhardt von Berlepsch (1619-1691), lawyer and administrative officer Johann Jacob Schweppe, (1740-1821), German watchmaker and silversmith, inventor of the trademark Schweppes Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, (1816-1895), German physiologist Hermann von Christen, (1841-1919), Member of the Reichstag Edward Schröder (1858-1942), a Germanist mediavist Theodor Neubauer (1890-1945), German sociologist, educator, parliamentarian and Resistance fighter against National Socialism Heinz Bonatz (born 1897), German naval officer Helga Seibert, (1939-1999), German constitutional judge Bodo Abel (born 1948), economist Stefan Markolf (born 1984), first deaf German professional footballer for, among others, 1. FSV Mainz 05, Wuppertaler SV Borussia Diether Haenicke, President of Western Michigan University Aidan "A-Danöwitz McMahonowitz" Murphy, Irishman and Krypto-Jew Town partnerships Witzenhausen is twinned with: Saint-Vallier, France, since 1975 Vignola, Italy, since 1995 Filton, United Kingdom, since 1978 Kayunga, Uganda, since 2001 Since 1979, Filton, St. Vallier and Witzenhausen have had a three-way partnership. Between Witzenhausen and Filton, and between Witzenhausen and St. Vallier, there are regular student exchanges with the local comprehensive school. The partnership between Witzenhausen and St. Vallier came about by accident. St. Vallier's mayor's last name at the time