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Sneer City of Arendsee (Altmark) Coordinates: 52 ° 52 ′ 27 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 56 ″  E
Height :	25 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.65 km²
Residents :	122  (December 31, 2017)
Population density :	22 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	39619
Area code :	039384
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Location of Höwisch in Saxony-Anhalt

Höwisch is a village and part of the town of Arendsee (Altmark) in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel in Saxony-Anhalt .

history

Of a settlement of the area around Höwisch early as the Neolithic developments suggested that megalithic grave Höwisch . It was one of the largest stone graves in the Altmark and was completely destroyed in the 18th or early 19th century.

Höwisch was first mentioned in a document on February 3, 1312 as Howisch , when a grain collection from the village was sold to the provost of Arendsee. In the Landbuch der Mark Brandenburg of 1375 the place is listed as Hogewisse , the vd Knesebeck had income here.

To the northwest of the village on the right of the narrow road to Leppin , there was still a windmill in the 20th century .

Incorporations

On 25 July 1952, the community was Höwisch the district Osterburg in the district Seehausen reclassified. On July 2, 1965, the community came to the Osterburg district.

By means of an area change agreement, the municipal council of the municipality of Höwisch decided on May 7, 2009 that the municipality of Höwisch should be incorporated into the town of Arendsee (Altmark). This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on January 1, 2010.

After incorporating the previously independent municipality of Höwisch, Höwisch became part of the town of Arendsee (Altmark). For the incorporated municipality, the local constitution is introduced according to §§ 86 ff. Municipality code of Saxony-Anhalt . The incorporated municipality of Höwisch and future district of Höwisch became the locality of the receiving city of Arendsee (Altmark). A local council with five members including the local mayor (Thomas Schermer) was formed in the incorporated municipality and now Höwisch.

population

year Residents 1801 163 1818 130 1840 134 1885 262 1892 239 1900 236

year Residents 1910 216 1925 231 1939 194 1946 270 2011 129 2012 120

year Residents 2013 127 2014 125 2015 129 2016 119 2017 122

As of 2011 as of December 31 of the respective year

Culture and sights

In Höwisch there is a stone church that was built around 1200.

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Arendsee (Altmark)

Myths

Wilhelm Zahn tells of an old legend from the area: "On the border of Höwisch, the Schulze rides over a white horse from newcomers without a head because he has perjured in a border dispute ."

politics

mayor

The last mayor of the community was Thomas Schermer.

religion

The evangelical parish and parish Höwisch today belongs to the parish “Am Arendsee” of the parish of Stendal in the provost district of Stendal-Magdeburg of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany .

In 1903 the parish of Höwisch belonged to the combined parish (mater combinata) Lindenberg and the parish of Gagel . The patronage in Höwisch was the cousins ​​of Jagow, in Lindenberg the royal chamberlain Wilhelm von Jagow auf Krüden and in Gagel the king.

literature

• Wilhelm Zahn: Local history of the Altmark . Edited by Martin Ehlies based on the bequests of the author. 2nd Edition. Verlag Salzwedeler Wochenblatt, Graphische Anstalt, GmbH, Salzwedel 1928, p. 183 .
• JAF Hermes, MJ Weigelt: Historical-geographical-statistical-topographical handbook from the administrative districts of Magdeburg . Topographical part. Ed .: Verlag Heinrichshofen. tape 2 , 1842, p. 372 ( digitized versionhttp: //vorlage_digitalisat.test/1%3D~GB%3DHB4_AAAAcAAJ%26pg%3DPA372~IA%3D~MDZ%3D%0A~SZ%3D~ double-sided%3D~LT%3D~PUR%3D ).
• Official directory of municipalities for the German Reich . In: Statistisches Reichsamt (Hrsg.): Statistics of the German Reich . 2nd Edition. tape 550 . Publishing house for social policy, economy and statistics, Paul Schmidt, 1941, ZDB -ID 223601-1 , p. 99 .
• Government of the German Democratic Republic, Central Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Systematic and alphabetical directory of the municipalities of the German Democratic Republic (territorial status January 1, 1952) . Berlin 1952, p. 29 .
• Unified municipality of the city of Arendsee (Altmark): Population data for the years 2011 to 2017 . January 12, 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Main statute of the city of Arendsee (Altmark) . September 2, 2014, § 1 (4), p. 1 ( stadt-arendsee.eu [PDF; 45 kB ; accessed on February 3, 2017]).
2. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel : Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis : Collection of documents, chronicles and other source documents . Main part 1st volume 17 . Berlin 1859, p. 6 ( digitized version ).
3. ^ Map of the German Empire, 1: 100,000, Part II / IV: Sheet 240: Wittenberge. Prussian State Statistical Office, 1906, accessed on January 3, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Municipalities 1994 and their changes since 01.01.1948 in the new federal states . Metzler-Poeschel, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-8246-0321-7 , pp. 358, 363 .
5. ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 8/2009 pp. 217–220 ( Memento of October 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
7. ↑ Thomas Hartwig: All Altmark churches from A to Z . Elbe-Havel Verlag, Havelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814039-5-4 , p. 197 .
8. ^ Haase, Hilbert: Parish Almanach or the Protestant clergy and churches of the province of Saxony in the counties of Wernigerode, Rossla and Stolberg . 19th year, 1903, ZDB -ID 551010-7 , p. 107 ( wiki-de.genealogy.net [accessed January 3, 2018]).