Veckenstedt

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German pedagogue, ethnologist and author, see Edmund Veckenstedt .

Veckenstedt North Harz municipality
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 1 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 55 ″  E
Height :	180 m
Area :	14.73 km²
Residents :	1423  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Population density :	97 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 2010
Postal code :	38871
Area code :	039451

Church in Veckenstedt

Veckenstedt primary school

Veckenstedt is a district of the municipality of Nordharz in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .

Geographical location

The place is located on the Ilse , into which the Rammelsbach flows, about five kilometers as the crow flies northeast of Ilsenburg .

Veckenstedt, aerial photo (2015)

history

In the Middle Ages, Veckenstedt was in the Harzgau . The Lords of Veckenstedt, whose most important member was Walo II , owned goods here.

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent communities of Veckenstedt, Danstedt , Heudeber , Langeln , Schmatzfeld , Stapelburg , Abbenrode and Wasserleben merged to form the northern Harz community.

badges and flags

The coat of arms was approved by the district on May 7, 2009.

Blazon : "In gold, three green linden leaves that sprout upwards and to the sides from the knot of a black rope hanging down at both ends."

The colors of the former municipality are - based on the tinging of the coat of arms - green-yellow.

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg municipal heraldist Jörg Mantzsch . Its symbolism refers to the former court linden tree , which is why a rope ( gallows rope ) is connected to the three linden leaves.

The flag is green-yellow (1: 1) striped (horizontal shape: stripes running horizontally, lengthways shape: stripes running vertically) and has the coat of arms in the center.

Infrastructure

Transport links

Veckenstedt is to the west of the federal highway 244, which leads north from Wernigerode . The federal motorway 36 leads past Veckenstedt with a junction to the south. The Harzer Verkehrsbetriebe buses stop in town .

schools

• Country school home Grovesmühle
• Elementary school on the church square

Day care centers

• Veckenstedter Käferland

Culture

The Veckenstedt art mill with its tango events, the women's choir and the two marching bands, the marching band Veckenstedt 1967 eV and the SV "progress" marching band Veckenstedt eV, have become well known across the region.

literature

• Ewald Seyffarth and Gerhard Reiche : The old families of the village Veckenstedt in the county of Wernigerode 1630 to 1774. Copy of the manuscript . Osterwieck 1984. 1100 families, according to the inventory, part IV of the German Central Office for Genealogy , p. 511

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
2. ↑ Official Journal of the District No. 6/2009 Page 11 ( Memento of the original from July 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.