Katensen
Ortsteil of Uetze
Coat of arms of Katensen
Coat of arms
Location of Katensen
Katensen is located in Germany
Katensen
Katensen
Katensen is located in Lower Saxony
Katensen
Katensen
Coordinates: 52°26′07″N 10°10′06″E / 52.43528°N 10.16833°E / 52.43528; 10.16833
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHanover
MunicipalityUetze
First mentioned1265
Government
 • MayorOlaf Reese
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total763
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
31311
Dialling codes05173
Vehicle registrationH
Websitekatensen.de

Katensen is a small village in Lower Saxony that is part of the town Uetze, the village is located about 30 km East of Hanover.[1] not to be confused with Katensen (Offen)

History

Katensen was first recorded in 1265 in the Document Bishop Otto of Hildesheim, in September 2015 it celebrated its 750th Birthday.[2]

Coat of Arms

The coat of arms is divided into three parts. In the upper blue field it contains two crossed scythes (as a reference to agriculture), below that in a yellow field a blue red-armored Brunswick lion (because of the affiliation to the former Brunswick-Lüneburg region). The final part is a blue field rounded off towards the bottom with a silver old Germanic wolf's tang as a reminder of the affiliation to the district of Burgdorf.

History

Inhabitants
Year Inhabitants
2021 763 (+2)[3]
2020 761
2017 789 (-2)[4]

Culture and sights

Clubs

Sports Club - TSV Katensen - http://www.tsv-katensen.de/

Shooting Club - Schützenverein - http://www.sv-katensen.de/

Volunteer fire department inc. Youth - Freiwilligen Feuerwehr - http://www.feuerwehr-katensen.de/

Horse Riding Club - Reit- und Fahrverein - http://www.rv-uetze.de/

Transport

Airport

Katensen has a small private airport with a Grass Landing strip suitable for light aircraft[5][6]

Bus

There are 2 Bus Stops in the Village, which is on the Line 950, operated by GVH[7]

Train

The closest train station to Katensen is in the Village of Dollbergen, the Train Station is on the Berlin-Lehrte line. The RE30 route links the City of Wolfsburg to the east and Hanover to the West and is operated by the company Metronom[8]

Politics

Local Council

The local council of Katensen consists of five councillors of the following parties:[9]

  • Freie Wählergemeinschaft Katensen: 5 seats

Mayor

The Town Mayor is Olaf Reese from the party "Freie Wählergemeinschaft Katensen"[10]

  1. ↑ "allgemein". katensen.de. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ↑ AltkreisBlitz, Redaktion (2015-08-27). "Katensen feiert seinen 750. Geburtstag mit einem zweitägigen Fest". www.altkreisblitz.de. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Einwohner verloren". Neue Presse. 2022-01-10. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Die Gemeinde schrumpft nicht mehr". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  5. ↑ "Katensen private UL strip – DE-0360". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  6. ↑ "Privater UL-Flugplatz". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  7. ↑ "950 - Dedenhausen - Eltze - Uetze - Katensen - Dollbergen - Schwüblingsen" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  8. ↑ "Streckennetz" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-02-21.
  9. ↑ "Ortsrat Katensen". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Fraktionen im Ortsrat Katensen". Retrieved 2020-12-03.

References

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