Wachow
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Wachow
City of Nauen
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| Height : | 33 m |
| Area : | 27.25 km² |
| Residents : | 917 (Dec. 31, 2002) |
| Population density : | 34 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | October 26, 2003 |
| Postal code : | 14641 |
| Area code : | 033239 |
Wachow with its living quarters Gohlitz and Niebede is a district of the town of Nauen in the district Havelland the country Brandenburg .
geography
Location and dates
Wachow is located about 15 kilometers southwest of Nauen on state road 91 between Nauen and Brandenburg an der Havel . The place has an area of 27.25 km² and with 917 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2002) a population density of 34 inhabitants / km².
Neighboring places
- Groß Behnitz with the Quermathen residential area , part of the city of Nauen
- Tremmen , part of the city of Ketzin / Havel
- Päwesin in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark
- Riewend , part of the municipality of Päwesin, Potsdam-Mittelmark district
- Brandenburg an der Havel with its exclave Riewendsee
history
The district of Gohlitz is one of the oldest settlements in the Havelland; it was mentioned as Goliz in a document from the Brandenburg bishop Siegfried as early as 1173. The village of Wachow (Wachowe) itself was first mentioned in 1179 in a document from the Brandenburg Cathedral Archives .
On July 1, 1950, the previously independent community of Gohlitz was incorporated.
In the course of the municipal reform in Brandenburg, Wachow became a district of Nauen on October 26, 2003.
politics
The honorary mayor and member of the city council of Nauen is Uwe Bublitz (LWN). (Status: local election on September 28, 2008)
coat of arms
The place received its own coat of arms in 1996. The three canopy symbolize Wachow, Gohlitz and Niebede. The flowers are a symbol for the heather around Gohlitz, the cross for the Wachow church and the horse for Niebede.
The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Frank Diemar .
Culture and sights
- The village church Niebede is a small plastered hall church from the beginning of the 18th century. The church facilities is partly older date and may be from an earlier building.
- The village church of Wachow is essentially a late Gothic hall church, which was supplemented by a steeple between 1820 and 1822 . Inside there is a pulpit altar , which was built around 1730.
Communication and infrastructure
Wachow is within the public transport through the Havelbus line 660 of the HVG with Nauen and Paewesin and through the line 662 of the HVG Havelbus with Nauen, Paewesin and Roskow connected. The postal accessibility of the citizens of Wachow is ensured by the zip code : 14641 Nauen OT Wachow and the telephone accessibility by means of the area code: 033239.
Personalities
- The singer Jochen Kowalski was born in Wachow and spent his childhood and youth there.
- Wilhelm Kotzde-Kottenrodt - proper Wilhelm Kotzde - (* 1878 in Gohlitz; † 1948) was a German teacher, writer and nationalist publicist
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ State Office for Data Processing and Statistics (LDS) - Contribution to statistics - Historical community directory of the State of Brandenburg from 1875 to 2005 - Havelland district from December 2006
- ↑ Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Brandenburg, Volume 15, Number 13, Page 294, Potsdam, July 2, 2004 PDF
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