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Kakerbeck (Wittingen)

Coordinates: 52°44′53″N 10°42′30″E / 52.74806°N 10.70833°E / 52.74806; 10.70833
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Kakerbeck
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Kakerbeck is located in Germany
Kakerbeck
Kakerbeck
Kakerbeck is located in Lower Saxony
Kakerbeck
Kakerbeck
Coordinates: 52°44′53″N 10°42′30″E / 52.74806°N 10.70833°E / 52.74806; 10.70833
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGifhorn
TownWittingen
Area
 • Total3.43 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Elevation
83 m (272 ft)
Population
 (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total135
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
29378
Dialling codes05831

The village of Kakerbeck lies in the north German state of Lower Saxony in the district of Gifhorn. It is a village in the town of Wittingen.

Kakerbeck is a rundling village originally probably five farmsteads. Around 100 people live in Kakerbeck today in 29 houses.

Location

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The parish lies in the district of Gifhorn south of Wittingen on lightly rolling loess terrain. The village lies on a gentle, southwest-facing slope.

History

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Kakerbeck was first documented in the monastery charter of 3 June 1243. However, Kakerbeck is one of the -beke settlements, the origin of which generally belongs to the older clearances period, 500-800 A.D., so may be considered of that.

In the course of the municipal area reform in Lower Saxony, the independent municipality of Kakerbeck was incorporated into the borough of Wittingen on 1 March 1974.[2]

In 1993 the village celebrated its 750th anniversary.


References

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  1. ^ "Einwohnerstatistik Stadt Wittingen" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. ^ Statistisches Bundesamt, ed. (1983), Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27. 5. 1970 bis 31. 12. 1982 (in German), Stuttgart und Mainz: W. Kohlhammer, p. 227, ISBN 3-17-003263-1