Wietzenbruch is a suburb in the southwest of the Lower Saxon town 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 ...

, which was named after the

fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...

wood (''Bruchwald'') bisected by the river

Wietze Wietze is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of the river Aller and its tributary Wietze, approx. 15 km west of Celle. It is the site of the German Oil Museum The German O ...

. Originally, the centre of Wietzenbruch was a small estate farm (v. Anderten).

Incorporation into Celle

Since 1974, Wietzenbruch has belonged entirely to the town of Celle (previously only part of it had been incorporated) and has become a popular housing development area.

Points of interest

The ''Wietzenbruch'' is also a description for the adjacent bog-like area in the direction of

Großburgwedel Großburgwedel is a village northeast of Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. Formerly an independent municipality, it is part of the town Burgwedel since 1974. Großburgwedel is home to the town hall of Burgwedel and other town institutions such as th ...

. It was through this region that the first high-speed line for trial and record-breaking runs by railway

locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...

s was built during the 1920s. The track is also known as the Hare Railway (''Hasenbahn'') in the common parlance; a reference to its long construction time (1913–1938). Today, it forms part of the

Hanover–Hamburg railway The Hanover–Hamburg railway is one of the most important railway lines in Lower Saxony and Germany. It links the Lower Saxon state capital of Hanover with Hamburg, running through Celle, Uelzen and Lüneburg. History The main section of the ...

Gedenktafel am Luftbrueckendenkmal Celle

The Army aviation airfield (''

Heeresflugplatz Celle Celle Air Base German language, German: ''Heeresflugplatz Celle'' is a military airbase of the German Army. The airfield is situated southwest of the city of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was opened in 1934 and has been in military use ever s ...

'' or ''Immelmann-Kaserne'') in Celle-Wietzenbruch gained renown in the 1940s as one of the departure airfields for supply aircraft during the

Berlin Airlift The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road ...

. This event is commemorated by the Airbridge Memorial at the entrance to the site initiated in 1985 by the then Celle town councillor, Karl Duffner, and opened in 1988. Today, the aerodrome is the location for the

Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

's Army Aviation Training Centre C, as well as the 100th Aviation Reconnaissance Squadron (''Heeresfliegerverbindungs- und Aufklärungsstaffel 100'').

Politics

The head of the village council (''Ortsbürgermeister'') is Dr. Walter Jochim (CDU).

References

External links

The official website of the town of Celle
{{Municipalities in Celle Celle