Cröchern

52.38666666666711.6566Koordinaten: 52 ° 23 ' 12 " N, 11 ° 39' 0" E

Cröchern is a town in the castle stables in the northeast of the county Borde in Saxony -Anhalt.

Geography

Just east of Colbitz - Letzlinger heath springs from the Tangier- source stream that flows near Tangermünde into the Elbe. The wooded area ( Blätzer forest south of Cröchern with an area of ​​approximately 50 km ²) to the west rises slightly and reached into the stone mountain 107 m above sea level. NN. The city Tangerhütte in the district of Stendal is about 13 km away, the former county town Wolmirstedt about 16 km.

For the former municipality Cröchern belonged to the district Blätz.

History

The Heidedorf Cröchern was up to dissolution of Prussia in 1947 in the province of Saxony of the Kingdom of Prussia and had a common border with Brunswick Office Calvörde.

On November 2, 1919, came to an emergency landing of Zeppelin airship "Bodensee" in Cröchern, see LZ -120 emergency landing at Cröchern.

Cröchern is today the headquarters of the Magdeburg Uradels, those of Kröcher.

On January 1, 2010, the formerly independent communities Cröchern, Dolle, Sandbeiendorf and Postal merged to form the new municipality of the castle stables.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 27 October 1994 by the regional council of Magdeburg.

Blazon: " Argent, a red oblique bar links with silver deer bar, the plate surfaces damasks. "

The municipality colors were red and silver ( white).

Transport links

Two and a half kilometers west of Cröchern the highway runs 189 ( Magdeburg -Stendal ), other roads lead over Sandbeiendorf or Postal according Tangerhütte. The railway line runs east of Magdeburg -Stendal Cröchern (stations Tangerhütte and Angern - Rogätz ). The Altmark highway from Magdeburg to Schwerin ( in planning stage) is run close Cröchern.

Personalities

• John Benjamin Brennecke (1849-1931), physician and Secret Health Board, was born in Cröchern.