Käthen

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Käthen
Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 32 "  N , 11 ° 39 ′ 29"  E
Height : 47 m
Area : 8.03 km²
Residents : 137  (Jun 30, 2010)
Population density : 17 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2010
Postal code : 39628
Area code : 039325
Käthen (Saxony-Anhalt)
Käthen

Location of Käthen in Saxony-Anhalt
Käthen Church (October 2018)
Käthen Church (October 2018)

Käthen is a village and part of the town of Bismark (Altmark) in the Stendal district in Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).

geography

The Altmark village of Käthen is located between Stendal and Gardelegen , on the upper Uchte , which here turns east towards Stendal. The extensive forests west of Käthen belong to the northern foothills of the Colbitz-Letzlinger Heide .

history

The originally Slavic settlement appears for the first time in 1254 as a Kotene in a document of the Neuendorf monastery . The originally two manors in the village were combined with the Deetz manor in 1801 and 1804 respectively.

Originally located in the Tangermünde district , the place belonged to the district of Gardelegen from July 1, 1816 . On July 25, 1952, the municipality of Käthen was reclassified into the district of Stendal , from which today's district of Stendal emerged .

In 1840 there were 209 inhabitants in Käthen, in 1910 already 262, in 2010 only 137.

Until December 31, 2009, Käthen was an independent municipality with the Deetzerwarthe residential area , located on the old Heerstraße.

The municipal council of the municipality of Käthen decided on June 15, 2009 to approve an area change agreement, which dissolved their municipality and became part of a new unified municipality called the city ​​of Bismark (Altmark) . This contract was approved by the county as the lower local supervisory authority and came into effect on January 1, 2010.

A local council with 9 members including the local mayor was formed in the incorporated municipality and now the village of Käthen.

politics

mayor

The last mayor of the municipality of Käthen was Frank Krüger, who continued to serve as local mayor after 2010.

Culture and sights

  • late Romanesque village church (rebuilt in the 19th century)
  • Remains of a former water mill. The building is a listed building and is in urgent need of renovation.
  • Mostly well-developed bike and hiking trails lead to the surrounding villages.
  • Deetzer Warte with the remains of the former fortifications on Heerstraße. The main tower is still well preserved.

Transport links

The country road (L 30) leads through Käthen from Kläden to Vinzelberg ; it crosses federal highway 188 south of Käthen . Regular buses and on-call buses run by Regionalverkehrsbetriebe Westsachsen (RVW) under the brand name stendalbus . The Vinzelberg train station is only about half a kilometer south of Käthen on the Lehrter Bahn . Contrary to its name, the station belongs to the locality or district of Käthen.

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. 199 .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b City of Bismark, localities on www.stadt-bismark.de. Käthen. Retrieved June 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ 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. 343 .
  3. ↑ Landkreis Stendal (ed.): Official Journal . 19th year, no. 17 . Stendal August 12, 2009, p. 192 ff . ( PDF; 6.8 MB [accessed December 2, 2015]).

Web links

Commons : Käthen  - Collection of Images