Misplaced Pages

Katensen
Ortsteil of Uetze
Coat of arms
Location of Katensen
Katensen Show map of GermanyKatensen Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°26′07″N 10°10′06″E / 52.43528°N 10.16833°E / 52.43528; 10.16833
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Municipality	Uetze
First mentioned	1265
Government
• Mayor	Olaf Reese
Elevation	56 m (184 ft)
Population
• Total	763
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31311
Dialling codes	05173
Vehicle registration	H
Website	katensen.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. 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.

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

Culture and sights

• A Traditional Half Timered House
• Old Firestation
• Local Church
• 750 Memorial Stone

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

Bus

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

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

Politics

Local Council

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

• Freie Wählergemeinschaft Katensen: 5 seats

Mayor

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

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

v t e Villages in the municipality of Uetze
Altmerdingsen Dedenhausen Dollbergen Eltze Hänigsen Katensen Obershagen Schwüblingsen Uetze

v t e Towns and municipalities in Hanover Region
Barsinghausen Burgdorf Burgwedel Garbsen Gehrden Hanover Hemmingen Isernhagen Laatzen Langenhagen Lehrte Neustadt am Rübenberge Pattensen Ronnenberg Seelze Sehnde Springe Uetze Wedemark Wennigsen Wunstorf

• Hanover Region
• Villages in Lower Saxony