Wetzleben

Wetzleben Hedeper parish
Coordinates: 52 ° 4 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 38 ″  E
Height :	109 m
Residents :	120  (December 1, 2016)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	38322
Area code :	05336
Location of Wetzleben in Lower Saxony

The village of Wetzleben is part of the municipality of Hedeper in the Wolfenbüttel district in Lower Saxony .

geography

Wetzleben is located on the northern edge of the Great Quarry and about ten kilometers southeast of the Asse ridge . The geological boundary to the Great Break is formed by the Klotzberg south of the village. Behind him, the terrain drops about 20 meters towards the break. The Große Bruch not only forms the state border with Saxony-Anhalt and the Harz district . For centuries it was a natural border that could only be crossed in a few places. The neighboring villages of Osterode and Veltheim in the Harz district cannot be reached directly from Wetzleben.

Neighboring places

Timmern	Semmenstedt	Uehrde
Hedeper		Roklum
Osterode am Fallstein		Veltheim am Fallstein

history

Wetzleben was first mentioned in 994 as "Vuidislevu". The oldest building in the village is the St. Godehardi church, named after Bishop Godehard von Hildesheim (960-1038). He is said to have consecrated the church. One of the oldest bells in the Braunschweig region hangs in the church tower, dating from 1395. With around 120 inhabitants, Wetzleben is one of the smallest villages in the Braunschweig region. On March 1, 1974, the previously independent municipality of Wetzleben was merged with the neighboring municipality of Hedeper to form the municipality of Hedeper .

coat of arms

The coat of arms in red on gold (yellow) forms a nested, i.e. a stone cross grooved by the stonemason, as found on the east gable of the Wetzleber St. Godehardi Church. The four red linden leaves are reminiscent of the family of Sambleben , whose "Junkerdorf" Wetzleben was from 1438 to 1587. At the same time, the leaves can be related to the linden tree that grows in front of the church. On the one hand, the colors are reminiscent of the colors of the Hildesheim Monastery , which originally owned the building. At the same time, red and yellow (gold) are the colors of the ducal Brunswick family coat of arms (two yellow lions on a red background).

Web links

• Portrait page of the Samtgemeinde Elm-Asse
• Wetzleben parish
• Newspaper article about Wetzleben from 1994

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population of the joint municipality of Elm-Asse ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 1, 2016 
2. ↑ Newspaper photo of the memorial stone with first mention
3. ^ Arnold Rabbow, New Braunschweigisches Wappenbuch, Braunschweig 2003, p. 167.