Editing Salzgitter (section)

==Religions==
The area of the modern city of Salzgitter originally pertained to the [[Bishopric of Hildesheim|diocese of Hildesheim]]. In 1568, the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]] was established in Salzgitter, and two [[Superintendent (ecclesiastical)|ecclesiastical superintendencies]] came into existence: the southern part of the area of the modern city, the Superintendency of Salzgitter, pertained to the [[Province of Hanover]] and thus ecclesiastically to the [[Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover]] (and, within it, to the [[Consistory (Protestantism)|Consistory of Hildesheim]]); the northern part (the Superintendency of Lebenstedt), however, belonged to the [[Free State of Brunswick]] and therefore to the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick|Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick]].

When the city of Watenstedt-Salzgitter was created in 1942, the entire area was attached to the state of Brunswick both politically and [[ecclesiastic]]ally. Thus, all parishes of Salzgitter now belong to the Church of Brunswick. The two superintendencies are called ''Propstei'' ([[provost (religion)|provostry]]) today, and both the ''Propsteien'' Salzgitter-Bad and Salzgitter-Lebenstedt comprise additional [[parish]]es which are not within the city of Salzgitter.

Roman Catholics who after the Reformation moved into the city belonged, as in the [[Middle Ages]], to the [[diocese of Hildesheim]], which established a separate [[deanery]] in Salzgitter. All Roman Catholic parishes of the city now pertain to that deanery.

Besides the two major denominations, there are congregations in Salzgitter which belong to [[free church]]es. These include a [[Baptist]] parish, the [[Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)|Church of God]], [[Plymouth Brethren]], and the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]], as well as several [[New Apostolic Church]]es.

Due to the [[immigration]] of foreign workers during the 1970s, there are some [[Islam]]ic [[mosque]]s. According to calculations based on census data, Salzgitter in 2011 had the highest proportion of Muslim migrants of all major cities in Lower Saxony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kartenseite.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/muslime-in-niedersachsen-gemeinden/ |title=Kartenseite: Muslime in Niedersachsen – Gemeinden |publisher=kartenseite.wordpress.com |date=2017-03-27 |access-date=2017-05-14}}</ref>