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

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...

, which was named after the fen

Fen

A fen is a type of wetland fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients...

 wood (Bruchwald) bisected by the river Wietze

Wietze (Aller)

The Wietze is a river, about 30 km long, and a tributary of the River Aller in Lower Saxony, Germany.- Geography :The river begins at the confluence of the Edder and Flöth northeast of Hanover near Altwarmbüchen...

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

Incorporation into Celle

Since 1974 Wietzenbruch has been 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

Großburgwedel is a village northeast of Hanover and is the administrative centre of the town of Burgwedel.Großburgwedel is home to the town hall of Burgwedel and other town institutions such as the library, a hospital for the region of Hanover...

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

Locomotive

A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...

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

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 :...

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The Army aviation airfield (Heeresflugplatz Celle or Immelmann-Kaserne) in Celle-Wietzenbruch gained renown in the 1940s as one of the departure airfields for supply aircraft during the Berlin Airlift. 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

Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...

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

External links

• The official website of the town of Celle