Wätzum

Wätzum Algermissen municipality
	Coordinates: 52 ° 16'26 " N , 9 ° 58'27" E
Height :	84 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	200 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	31191
Area code :	05126
Location of Wätzum in Lower Saxony
	Quarry stone chapel

Wätzum is a village and northern district of Algermissen in the Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony .

geography

The place is on the county road 522 between Lühnde and Groß Lobke .

history

Wätzum with the name Wetcende was first mentioned in a document in 1274 by Pope Gregory X, in which he confirmed his ownership to the Sültekloster in Hildesheim. In Old Saxon times it belonged to the settlements in Hastfalagau and was later ecclesiastically oriented towards the parish of Lühnde. The quarry stone chapel in the village center was built in the 14th century by the local farmers.

In addition to the Sültekloster, the landowners in Wätzum were the Johannesstift, the St. Andrew's Church and the Kreuzstift in Hildesheim and, in the 14th century, the knight Hugo von Escherde.

Since 1885 Wätzum has belonged to the Hildesheim district or the Hildesheim-Marienburg district .

Incorporations

On March 1, 1974, the village was incorporated into the municipality of Algermissen.

Population development

year	1910	1925	1933	1939	2013	2014	2018	2019
Residents	256	287	243	243	212	213	201	200

(Sources: 1910, 1925–1939, 2013–2014, 2018–2019)

Photo gallery

Townscape
Wattekumstrasse
Wätzum chapel bell tower

politics

City council and mayor

Wätzum is represented at the municipal level by the municipal council from Algermissen.

Mayor

The mayor of Wätzum is Hans-Jürgen Hennies ( CDU ).

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a slight left set golden spearhead ."

Justification of the coat of arms: The Wätzum municipal coat of arms impresses with its simplicity and is reminiscent of the oldest coat of arms. It comes from a Kersten von Watekum (Christian von Wätzum), who had this coat of arms in his seal, which has been preserved to this day. It is safely kept in the State Archives in Hanover. The golden lance tip is reminiscent of tournaments and knight games and at the same time of hunting and feuds. But it also reminds of noble knight virtues.

Web links

Commons : Wätzum - Collection of Images

Wätzum locality on the website of the municipality of Algermissen. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014; accessed on April 1, 2019.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Population figures . In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. January 1, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 209 .
^ Uli Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - district Hildesheim. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .
↑ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. See under 37. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). Accessed September 2018
↑ Population figures 2013–2014. In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. January 1, 2013, archived from the original on September 7, 2014 ; accessed on April 3, 2019 .
↑ Mayor of Wätzum. In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .
^ August Söding: Register of coat of arms of the Hildesheim-Marienburg district . Ed .: Heimatbund des Landkreis Hildesheim-Marienburg e. V. (= local history series of publications . No. 7 ). Schwitalla Verlag, Himmelsthür 1966, p. 230-231 .

[Einwohner-1] Population figures . In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. January 1, 2019, accessed April 1, 2019 .

[BibISBN-2] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 209 .

[gemeindeverzeichnis-3] Uli Schubert: Community directory Germany 1900 - district Hildesheim. Information from December 1, 1910. In: www.gemeindeververzeichnis.de. February 3, 2019, accessed April 3, 2019 .

[Rademacher-4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. See under 37. (online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006). Accessed September 2018

[Einwohner_2013–2014-5] Population figures 2013–2014. In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. January 1, 2013, archived from the original on September 7, 2014 ; accessed on April 3, 2019 .

[Ortsvorsteher-6] Mayor of Wätzum. In: Website of the municipality of Algermissen. Retrieved April 1, 2019 .

[Wappen-7] August Söding: Register of coat of arms of the Hildesheim-Marienburg district . Ed .: Heimatbund des Landkreis Hildesheim-Marienburg e. V. (= local history series of publications . No. 7 ). Schwitalla Verlag, Himmelsthür 1966, p. 230-231 .