Meißendorf is a village and ''Ortschaft'' (municipal division) of the municipality of

Winsen an der 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, ...

in the Lower Saxon 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 northern

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.Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde Winsen (Aller)
December 2020. It lies northwest of Winsen an der Aller. It derives its name from the river

Meiße Meiße is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany that flows through part of the Lüneburg Heath. It is a right-hand tributary of the Aller (Germany), Aller. Origin and course The Meiße rises south of Wietzendorf in the nature reserve of Großes Mo ...

which flows through the village. 1,666 people have their main residence in Meißendorf and 224 have a second home here. There is also a campsite with about 100 permanent pitches and a mobile home site. The Lower Saxony Nature Conservation Society runs a nature conservation centre on the Sunder Estate (''Gut Sunder'') with 600 participants annually and about 1,000 conference participants. There are also hotel and day visitors. Meißendorf is also home to the Hütten Lake (''Hüttensee'') Park, which borders onto the nature reserve of Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetzer Moor. Meißendorf is well known for being the base of the Hanover Parachute Club with its jumps onto the special landing zone at Brunsiek. It was founded in the 1970s by

Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ...

champion and national trainer for show jumping,

Hermann Schridde Hermann Schridde (3 July 1937, in Celle – 18 May 1985 in Meißendorf, near Winsen) was a German equestrian. Schridde won the German show jumping championship in 1960. Schridde was a show jumper at the 1964 Summer Olympics for t ...

, and he offers those interested the chance to do tandem jumps as well as training towards the award of a

parachute A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag or, in a ram-air parachute, aerodynamic lift. A major application is to support people, for recreation or as a safety device for aviators, who ...

jumping licence.

Literature

* ''Judaslohn'', crime novel by Andree Hesse, , (set in Eichendorf (= Meißendorf) and the nearby military training area)

References

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