Watenbüttel

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Watenbüttel
City of Braunschweig
Watenbüttel coat of arms
Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 26 ″  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 48 ″  E
Height : 58 m
Residents : 2545  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : March 1, 1974
Postal code : 38112
Area code : 0531, 05303
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Location Watenbüttels in Braunschweig
Old town center
Old town center

Watenbüttel is a district in the north-west of Braunschweig . It belongs to the city district 321 - Lehndorf-Watenbüttel .

history

Already in the years 1170 and 1195 the settlement was mentioned as "Watebutle" ("residence of Wato" or "damp residence") together with the Cyriakus monastery of Braunschweig in a document. In 1318 the property including the settlement went to the von Bortfeld family . The only exceptions were a farm and the mill, which they received as a fief . The part of the name -büttel indicates a landlord settlement , as was common in the early Middle Ages. The place had a small church building, the interior of which was completely destroyed during the siege of Braunschweig by the dukes Rudolf August and Anton Ulrich in 1671 . Around 1803 the church was torn down because it was in disrepair.

Until 1974 Watenbüttel was an independent municipality in the former district of Braunschweig. On March 1, 1974, the place was incorporated into Braunschweig as part of the regional reform.

Sights and infrastructure

church

Around 1804/05, the new church was built (inauguration on December 1, 1805) according to plans by the ducal chamber builder Heinrich Ludwig Rothermundt , which was built in a classicist style. This has a completely preserved pulpit wall inside.

Schrader farm

In the 16th century, the building known today as Hof Schrader was the residence of Hans Jürgen "Spinnrad" , an inventor and sculptor.

Gut Steinhof

Around 2 km northwest of Watenbüttel lies the Rieselgut Steinhof, which was first mentioned in a document in 1326 and has been used for city drainage in Braunschweig since 1893. The Braunschweig Museum of Agricultural Engineering has been located here since 1984.

The Oker culvert

To the north of Watenbüttel, the Oker passes under the Mittelland Canal (MLK) in an 80 m long culvert . When it was completed in 1932, it was considered the largest culvert in Europe. ⊙ There is also a flood relief of the canal towards the Oker.

Waste disposal

The central waste disposal center of the city of Braunschweig, which is operated by the Alba company, is located in Watenbüttel .

school

The primary school children are looked after by the GS Völkenrode / Watenbüttel.

traffic

The Watenbüttel station was on the now closed Celle – Braunschweig railway .

There is access to the federal waterways via the Watenbüttel marina at Celler Heerstraße 333 at MLK km 217.5 north .

coat of arms

Coat of arms Braunschweig-Watenbuettel.png

The coat of arms shows a golden spinning wheel on a blue background.

The spinning wheel stands for Jürgen Spinnrad, who lives in Watenbüttel and who improved the pedal spinning wheel through his inventions. The colors blue and yellow symbolize the state of Braunschweig to which the settlement belonged for centuries.

Wilhelm Krieg designed the coat of arms, it was adopted by the municipal council on December 9, 1968 and confirmed by the administrative president of Braunschweig on March 24, 1969.

Web links

Commons : Watenbüttel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population statistics on braunschweig.de
  2. ↑ Watenbüttel on braunschweig.de
  3. ^ Karl-Heinz Rüster: Chronicle of the village of Watenbüttel. Watenbüttel, 1986.
  4. ^ Rolf Ahlers: The parish fair in Watenbüttel. Wendeburg, 2005.
  5. ↑ Simone Giller: Pictures and texts on the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Watenbüttel. Watenbüttel, 1989.
  6. ↑ Report: The largest culvert in Germany. on braunschweiger-zeitung.de
  7. ↑ Waste disposal center on alba-bs.de
  8. ↑ Primary school on braunschweig.de
  9. ^ Arnold Rabbow: New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 2003, ISBN 3-926701-59-5 , p. 30/31.