Kirchhatten

Kirchhatten Hatten municipality Coordinates: 53 ° 1 ′ 16 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 56 ″ E
Height :	31 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	2681 (Jun. 30, 2016)
Postal code :	26209
Area code :	04482
Location of Kirchhatten in Lower Saxony

Kirchhatten is the third largest district of the municipality of Hatten in the Lower Saxony district of Oldenburg and the seat of the municipality.

geography

The place is at the intersection of the state roads L871 and L872, as well as at an end point of the L888.

history

Hatten or Kirchhatten was first mentioned in 860 as "Hatho" . The name Kerkhatten appears for the first time in 1260 to distinguish it from places with the same name .

religion

St. Ansgari Church

In the village is the seat of the parish of Hatten with the St. Ansgari Church , the construction of which is dated to the period from 1190 to 1195.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Anton I of Aldenburg (1633–1680), imperial count and governor of the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst
Hermann von Wicht (1879–1942), Evangel. theologian
Peter Suhrkamp (1891–1959), publisher

Individual evidence

↑ Facts & Figures. Population numbers by locality. Hatten municipality, accessed April 29, 2017 .
↑ Andreas Röpcke (ed.): Willehad: the life of St. Willehad, Bishop of Bremen, and the description of the miracles on his grave . S. 89 . see also miraculous healings at the grave of Bishop Willehad from Bremen
^ The St. Ansgari Church in Kirchhatten. Ev.-luth. Parish Hatten, accessed on April 29, 2017 .
↑ Ludwig Kohli: Handbook of a historical-statistical-geographical description of the Duchy of Oldenburg together with the inheritance of Jever, and the two principalities of Lübeck and Birkenfeld . Kaiser, 1825, p. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[hatten-1] Facts & Figures. Population numbers by locality. Hatten municipality, accessed April 29, 2017 .

[roepcke-2] Andreas Röpcke (ed.): Willehad: the life of St. Willehad, Bishop of Bremen, and the description of the miracles on his grave . S. 89 . see also miraculous healings at the grave of Bishop Willehad from Bremen

[KGHatten-3] The St. Ansgari Church in Kirchhatten. Ev.-luth. Parish Hatten, accessed on April 29, 2017 .

[Handbuch-4] Ludwig Kohli: Handbook of a historical-statistical-geographical description of the Duchy of Oldenburg together with the inheritance of Jever, and the two principalities of Lübeck and Birkenfeld . Kaiser, 1825, p. 251 ( limited preview in Google Book search).