Katensen, Uetze
Katensen is a small village in Lower Saxony that is part of the town Uetze, the village is located about 30 km East of Hanover.[1] not to be confused with Katensen (Offen)
History
Katensen was first recorded in 1265 in the Document Bishop Otto of Hildesheim, in September 2015 it celebrated its 750th Birthday.[2]
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms is divided into three parts. In the upper blue field it contains two crossed scythes (as a reference to agriculture), below that in a yellow field a blue red-armored Brunswick lion (because of the affiliation to the former Brunswick-Lüneburg region). The final part is a blue field rounded off towards the bottom with a silver old Germanic wolf's tang as a reminder of the affiliation to the district of Burgdorf.
History
Year | Inhabitants |
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2021 | 763 (+2)[3] |
2020 | 761 |
2017 | 789 (-2)[4] |
Culture and sights
- A Traditional Half Timered House
- Old Firestation
- Local Church
- 750 Memorial Stone
Clubs
Sports Club - TSV Katensen - http://www.tsv-katensen.de/
Shooting Club - Schützenverein - http://www.sv-katensen.de/
Volunteer fire department inc. Youth - Freiwilligen Feuerwehr - http://www.feuerwehr-katensen.de/
Horse Riding Club - Reit- und Fahrverein - http://www.rv-uetze.de/
Transport
Airport
Katensen has a small private airport with a Grass Landing strip suitable for light aircraft[5][6]
Bus
There are 2 Bus Stops in the Village, which is on the Line 950, operated by GVH[7]
Train
The closest train station to Katensen is in the Village of Dollbergen, the Train Station is on the Berlin-Lehrte line. The RE30 route links the City of Wolfsburg to the east and Hanover to the West and is operated by the company Metronom[8]
Politics
Local Council
The local council of Katensen consists of five councillors of the following parties:[9]
- Freie Wählergemeinschaft Katensen: 5 seats
Mayor
The Town Mayor is Olaf Reese from the party "Freie Wählergemeinschaft Katensen"[10]
- ^ "allgemein". katensen.de. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
- ^ AltkreisBlitz, Redaktion (2015-08-27). "Katensen feiert seinen 750. Geburtstag mit einem zweitägigen Fest". www.altkreisblitz.de. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "Einwohner verloren". Neue Presse. 2022-01-10. p. 3.
- ^ "Die Gemeinde schrumpft nicht mehr". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "Katensen private UL strip – DE-0360". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "Privater UL-Flugplatz". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "950 - Dedenhausen - Eltze - Uetze - Katensen - Dollbergen - Schwüblingsen" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "Streckennetz" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ "Ortsrat Katensen". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ "Fraktionen im Ortsrat Katensen". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
References
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- Altmerdingsen
- Dedenhausen
- Dollbergen
- Eltze
- Hänigsen
- Katensen
- Obershagen
- Schwüblingsen
- Uetze