Rethwisch (Steinburg)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 53 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	Stone castle
Office :	Krempermarsch
Height :	5 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.84 km 2
Residents:	564 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25566
Area code :	04828
License plate :	IZ
Community key :	01 0 61 092
Office administration address:	Birkenweg 29 25361 Krempe
Website :	www.amt-krempermarsch.de
Mayor :	Michael Nagel
Location of the municipality of Rethwisch in the Steinburg district

Rethwisch ( Low German : Reetwisch ) is a municipality in the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein . Kirchweg is located in the municipality.

Geography and traffic

The community of Rethwisch is seven kilometers south of Itzehoe .

The federal highway 23 and the branch canal from the Breitenburg canal to the cement factory run through the community.

politics

Community representation

Of the nine seats in the municipal council, the community of voters WIR has five seats since the 2008 local elections and the CDU four.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided humiliated by a flat golden hill of green and red. Above, growing out of the hill, three golden reed stalks, the seed heads of which are inclined to the left, below the silver Holstein nettle leaf. "

The coat of arms of Rethwisch is mainly related to the name of the community. The green shield color refers to the second part of the name (-wisch = meadow), to the first the three stalks shown “in the state of maturity”. Reet is still a popular building material for attractive and heat-protecting house roofing. The municipality attaches particular importance to its location in what is now Holstein. Therefore the nettle leaf , the symbol of this area, has become an almost oversized part of the coat of arms.

economy

Most of the area of ​​the municipality is used for agriculture. The townscape is shaped by a large-scale cement industry, most of which is located in the Rethwisch municipality. The cement works is located in the neighboring municipality of Lägerdorf . Rethwisch is the location of a primary school for the communities of Neuenbrook and Rethwisch.

literature

• Klaus-J. Lorenzen-Schmidt: Rethwisch. Village history between agriculture and industry. , Rethwisch 1987.

Web links

Commons : Rethwisch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rethwisch municipality at the Krempermarsch office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 8: Pölitz - Schönbek . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-926055-89-7 , pp. 158 ( dnb.de [accessed on July 23, 2020]).
3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms