Wettzell

Wettzell City of Bad Kötzting Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 41 ″ N , 12 ° 52 ′ 41 ″ E
Height :	595 (579-613) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	134 (1987)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	93444
Area code :	09941
	Parish Church of St. Laurentius

Wettzell is a district of Bad Kötzting in the Upper Palatinate district of Cham . Until 1978 it formed an independent municipality.

location

Wettzell is located in the Bavarian Forest , four kilometers southeast of Bad Kötzting at about 600 m above sea level. NHN . In the northeast there is a long ridge with Kaitersberg ( 1040 m above sea level ) and Großem Riedelstein ( 1132 m above sea level ), in the south the valley of the black rain with the Höllenstein reservoir . The local area covers about three square kilometers and is surrounded by another ten small towns. To the west is the geodetic observatory Wettzell .

history

The community of Wettzell belonged to the Lower Bavarian district of Viechtach . It consisted of the districts Fischerhof , Kaitersbach , Kastlmühle , Leckern , Nebenweg , Poppenzell , Stockmühle , Trum and Wettzell. On January 1, 1946, the previously independent municipality of Sackenried was incorporated with the five districts of Sackenried, Buchberg , Hainzlhof , Höllnstein and Ried .

On April 1, 1972, Wettzell merged with the municipalities of Schönau (21 districts) and Wiesing (13 districts) to form the unitary municipality of Wettzell, which was divided on May 1, 1978 between the two cities of Kötzting and Viechtach .

The former district of Trum is structurally connected to Wettzell and was last mentioned in 1950 in the official register of places. It only exists as a street name.

Attractions

The parish church of St. Laurentius dates back to a Romanesque building from 1209 and was expanded to include the Gothic apse around 1500 . The main nave was redesigned in 1848.

Asteroid (38270) Wettzell

A minor planet in the asteroid belt discovered in 1999 at the Starkenburg observatory in Heppenheim. Because of its connection to the geodetic observatory, the explorers called it " (38270) Wettzell ". With an estimated mean diameter of around four kilometers, it is larger than the village of Wettzell. A beer table in a brewery along the Bad Kötzting - Wettzell Planet Trail is dedicated to the asteroid.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 644 ( digitized version ).
↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria in the period from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 71–72 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version - Viechtach district; footnote 2).

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 584 .

^ 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. 622 .

↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 614 ( digitized version ).

[VZ1925-1] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 644 ( digitized version ).

[HistGV52-2] Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality register: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria in the period from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 71–72 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized version - Viechtach district; footnote 2).

[3] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 584 .

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-4] 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. 622 .

[Ortsverzeichnis_1950-5] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 614 ( digitized version ).