Potzehne

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Position of the settlement Potzehne in Gardelegen

Potzehne is a town and a district of the Hanseatic City Guard Insert in the Altmark Salzwedel in Saxony- Anhalt.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Potzehne is located about eight kilometers northeast of Calvörde in Colbitz - Letzlinger heath and around twelve kilometers southwest of the Gardelegener Old Town.

Place outline

The community of Potzehne next Potzehne belongs to the district Parleib.

Cereal cultivation

The main share of agriculture accounts for the cultivation of grain, especially wheat and Triticalen.

History

Due to a change in the contract area, the municipal council of the municipality Potzehne decided on 20 May 2009 that the church Potzehne is incorporated in the Hanseatic city Gardelegen. This agreement was approved by the county as a lower municipal supervisory authority and entered into force on 1 January 2010.

After incorporation of the previously autonomous municipality Potzehne were Potzehne and Parleib districts of the Hanseatic city Gardelegen. For powered finished my community the village constitution according to § § 86 et seq Municipal Code Saxony -Anhalt has been introduced. The municipality is my finished Potzehne and future districts Potzehne and Parleib were the village of receiving Hanseatic City Guard Set. In the eingemeindeten community and nunmehrigen village Potzehne a Ortschaftsrat was formed with seven members including a mayor.

Policy

Mayor

The last mayor of the township was Peter Ludwig Kapahnke.

Coat of arms

Blazon: "In Green three silver spikes with awns. "

The coat of arms was designed by the Magdeburg Kommunalheraldiker Jörg Mantzsch 1996 and led to the approval process. He fell back on a designed in GDR times from the village club of the municipal coat of arms proposal and revised it. According to heraldic rules and practices Furthermore, it is intended to indicate the regional cereal production.

Cultural

Together with the district angliedernden Roxförde Potzehne organized every year in August, the nationally known cereal harvest festival with the traditional choice of cereal queen.

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