Type: | Stadt |
Image Coa: | DE-ST 15-0-81-280 Kloetze COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 52.6263°N 11.1616°W |
Image Plan: | Klötze_in_SAW.png |
State: | Sachsen-Anhalt |
District: | Altmarkkreis Salzwedel |
Elevation: | 60 |
Area: | 278.29 |
Postal Code: | 38486, 39638 (Schwiesau) |
Area Code: | 03909, 039005 (Kusey, Wenze), 039008 (Dönitz, Jahrstedt, Kunrau, Neuferchau, Steimke), 039085 (Schwiesau) |
Licence: | SAW, GA, KLZ |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 15 0 81 280 |
Website: | www.stadt-kloetze.de |
Mayor: | Alexander Kleine[1] |
Leader Term: | 2023 - 30 |
Party: | SPD |
Klötze is a town in the Altmarkkreis Salzwedel (district), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northwest of Gardelegen, and 35 km northeast of Wolfsburg.It was mentioned first in 1144 with the name Cloetze, which means a wooden block. In January 2010, with the disbanding of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("collective municipality") of Klötze, the town absorbed 11 former municipalities.[2]
The town Klötze consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:[3]