Witzhave

Witzhave ( Low German Witthaav ) is a municipality in the district Stormarn in Schleswig-Holstein. The municipality belongs to the district Heinrichshof.

Geography and transport

Witzhave is located about 20 km east of Hamburg. The Federal Highway 24 runs through the community. The Corbek that Witzhaver Au, the Hahnenbek and Bille flow through the area of ​​the municipality.

Bus number 333 of the Hamburg Transport Association operates through Witzhave. This is a direct connection to the neighboring Trittau, to Hamburg and a metro line.

History

Witzhave was first mentioned in 1248. The place was sold in 1300 by the Dukes of Holstein to the monastery Reinbek. He came as a result of the Reformation as a component of the Office Trittau under the rule of the Dukes of Schleswig -Holstein -Gottorp.

Policy

Since the local elections of 2008, the CDU and the SPD has seven six seats in the municipal council.

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". In green a silver thatched farmhouse in a front view, in the upper corners accompanied by a respective trifoliate golden oak branch with two acorns, in the sign of a fallen golden cloak pin ( fibula ), which both sides will expire in the middle of openwork strap in a suspended spiral"

Attractions

In the list of cultural monuments in Witzhave are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.

Economy

The community is predominantly agricultural. A resident of the Rako Etiketten GmbH & Co KG, one of the largest label printing companies in Europe.