Katensen is a small village in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

that is part of the town

Uetze Uetze �ʏt͡səis a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Fuhse, approximately east of Hanover. Geography Uetze is the easternmost municipality in the Hanover Region. It is bordered by ...

, the village is located about 30 km East of

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

. not to be confused with

Katensen (Offen) 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 Ot ...

History

Katensen was first recorded in 1265 in the Document Bishop Otto of

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...

, 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

File:Fachwerkhaus in Katensen (Uetze) IMG 2987.JPG, A Traditional Half Timered House File:Feuerwehrhaus Katensen (Uetze) IMG 2985.JPG, Old Firestation File:Kapelle Katensen (Uetze) IMG 2983.JPG, Local Church

Clubs

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

Schützenverein A Schützenverein (German for "marksmen's club") is a local voluntary association found in German-speaking countries revolving around shooting as a sport, often target shooting to Olympic rules or with historic weapons. Although originating as a ...

- 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 Uetze �ʏt͡səis a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Fuhse, approximately east of Hanover. Geography Uetze is the easternmost municipality in the Hanover Region. It is bordered by ...

, the

Train Station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

is on the Berlin-Lehrte line. The RE30 route links the City of

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

to the east and

to the West and is operated by the company

Metronom Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH is a German non-entirely-state-owned railway company based in Uelzen, Lower Saxony since December 2005. The company's activities focus exclusively on passenger transport, operating services from Hamburg to Bre ...

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"

References

{{authority control Hanover Region Villages in Lower Saxony