Bannetze is a village and ''Ortschaft'' (municipal division) on the

River Aller The River Aller is a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England. It rises as several small streams around Tivington and Huntscott and flows through the Holnicote Estate passing Holnicote and through Allerford, where it passes under a packhor ...

in the municipality of

Winsen (Aller) Winsen an der Aller () or Winsen (Aller) is a town in the district of Celle in the German state of Lower Saxony. Geography Winsen has around 12,900 inhabitants and lies on the southern perimeter of the Lüneburg Heath, on the banks of the Aller, s ...

in the district of

Celle Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...

in the north German state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

. The '' L180'' state road passes through the village.''SV Grün Weiß Bannetze 1959 e.V.''
at www.bannetze-sport.de. Retrieved on 20 Jun 2010. The village has under 400 inhabitants.

Politics

The village of Bannetze has a joint council with neighbouring Thören. The council chair is Heinrich Leymers (CDU).

Culture and places of interest

* The Bannetze Weir on the Aller (''Allerwehr Bannetze'') is the second barrage on the Aller below Celle and was built between 1909 and 1912. The old

weir A weir or low head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the river level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

was replaced after almost 100 years by a modern, inflatable

. The weir has a

lock Lock(s) may refer to: Common meanings *Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance *Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal Arts and entertainment * ''Lock ...

and a

fishway A fish ladder, also known as a fishway, fish pass, fish steps, or fish cannon is a structure on or around artificial and natural barriers (such as dams, locks and waterfalls) to facilitate diadromous fishes' natural migration as well as movemen ...

. *The school house in Bannetze is a free-standing two-storey school house with an annex. A preliminary draft was first published in 1910 and the construction was carried out by Otto Haesler in 1911.Simone Oelker: ''Otto Haesler – Eine Architektenkarriere in der Weimarer Republik'', 1. Aufl., Dölling und Galitz Verlag, Hamburg, München 2002, S. 274. Vgl. Casimir Hermann Baer: ''Moderne Bauformen, Monatshefte für Architektur und Raumkunst'', Stuttgart 1920, S. 70. File:Gedenkstein in Bannetze (Winsen) IMG 6573.jpg, The village monument File:Alte Schule in Bannetze (Winsen) IMG 6585.jpg, The old village school File:Allerschleuse in Bannetze (Winsen) IMG 6605.jpg, The lock File:Allerwehr in Bannetze (Winsen) IMG 6632.jpg, The Aller Weir

References

External links

Official website for Winsen (Aller)
Villages in Lower Saxony Winsen an der Aller {{Celle-geo-stub