Klethen

Klethen is a district of Ottendorf in the municipality of Ahlerstedt in the Stade district ( Lower Saxony ).

Klethen municipality Ahlerstedt
Coordinates: 53 ° 23 ′ 39 ″  N , 9 ° 26 ′ 18 ″  E
Incorporated into:	Ottendorf-Klethen
Postal code :	21702
Area code :	04166
Location of Klethen in Lower Saxony
Boulder with coat of arms in Klethen on the village square

geography

The floodplain has its origin near Klethen.

Neighboring places

Oersdorf	Bockholt	Ahlerstedt
Ottendorf		Ahrensmoor
	Bokel	Ahrenswohlde

history

Klethen was first mentioned in a document in 1157.

In the 1920s, the archaeologist Willi Wegewitz carried out several excavations in the area of Klethens, including an old Saxon settlement.

Regional affiliation

Before 1885 Klethen was in the Harsefeld district , after 1885 in the Stade district and since 1932 in what is now the Stade district . As part of the municipality of Ottendorf-Klethen in the joint municipality of Ahlerstedt , Klethen was incorporated into Ahlerstedt on July 1, 1972.

Population development

year	Residents
1824	6 fire places
1848	93 people, 14 houses

religion

Klethen is evangelical-Lutheran and belongs to the parish of the church Ahlerstedt .

Transport and infrastructure

Klethen is on Kreisstraße 55, which leads from Ottendorf to the L124.

The next train station is in Harsefeld ( Bremerhaven-Buxtehude line ).

Personalities

• Birgit Lemmermann (* 1962); Author ( Low German ) and teacher , born and raised in Klethen

literature

• Willi Wegewitz : The excavation of a Saxon house in Klethen. 1926
• Willi Wegewitz : A living pit with a stove in the field of Klethen (Stade district). On the settlement history of the Feldmark Ahlerstedt (Stade district). 1929

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CHCF Jansen: Statistical Handbook of the Kingdom of Hanover . In Commission of the Helwings̓chen Hofbuchhandlung, 1824 ( google.de [accessed on October 26, 2018]).
2. ↑ FW Harseim: Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Schlueter, 1848 ( google.de [accessed October 26, 2018]).