11-824: Uetze [ˈʏt͡sə] is a municipality in the district of Hanover , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated on the river Fuhse , approximately 35 km (22 mi) east of Hanover . Uetze is the easternmost municipality in the Hanover Region . It is bordered by the districts of Celle , Gifhorn and Peine as well as the towns Lehrte and Burgdorf , which are both part of the Hanover Region. Uetze consists of nine villages which used to be autonomous municipalities. Those villages are Altmerdingsen (including Krausenburg and Krätze), Dedenhausen, Dollbergen, Eltze, Hänigsen, Katensen , Obershagen, Schwüblingsen and
22-408: Is connected to Burgdorf and Lehrte via RegioBus lines 910, 920, 930 and 946. Lines 938 and 950 operate within the municipal limits. This Hanover Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hanover (district) Hanover Region ( German : Region Hannover ) is a district in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise)
33-451: The districts of Heidekreis , Celle , Gifhorn , Peine , Hildesheim , Hameln-Pyrmont , Schaumburg and Nienburg . The Hanover Region district has a unique legal status among the districts of Lower Saxony. It includes the city of Hanover (the state capital) which has the same privileges as a kreisfreie Stadt , a city that is not part of a district. As a consequence, the district is much larger in population than any other district of
44-438: The market town and municipality seat Uetze. Uetze is the largest settlement at about 7200 inhabitants, followed by Hänigsen at about 6000. Uetze was first mentioned in 1022 as "Utisson". The name is derived from the ruling house "von Uttensen". From 1552 to 1885, Uetze was protectorate of a Vogt in the department of Meinersen. Uetze was designated a market town in 1695. In the afternoon of 21 April 1863, almost all of Uetze proper
55-444: The old Hanover District ( Landkreis Hannover ) and the city then known officially as District-free City of Hanover ( kreisfreie Stadt Hannover ) were merged in order to form the new Hanover Region district, not to be confused with the former governmental district of Hanover ( Regierungsbezirk Hannover ). During World War II , Hanover was the headquarters ( Hauptquartier ) of Military District XI ( Wehrkreis XI ), which
66-1420: The region known as the Hanoverian Moor Geest . The coat of arms was granted on May 1, 2003. The cloverleaf is from the arms of the city of Hanover. The lion was the heraldic animal of the Welfen family, which ruled the region from the Middle Ages until 1866. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] 52°25′12″N 9°43′12″E / 52.42000°N 9.72000°E / 52.42000; 9.72000 Hanover (region) Hanover ( German : Hannover )
77-410: The state. Its administrative body is the regional parliament ( Regionsparlament ), headed by the regional president ( Regionspräsident ), which since 2021 is Steffen Krach ( SPD ). The members of the regional parliament are elected once every five years and the regional president is elected also every five years in local elections. The city of Hanover was not part of the district until 2001, when
88-583: The village's dialect is available in Standard German. Highway B 188 traverses the area from east to west, connecting Uetze proper and Altmerdingsen to Burgdorf and Gifhorn. The highways B 214 and B 444 connect to Celle, Braunschweig and Peine. The villages Dollbergen and Dedenhausen both have a train station on the Berlin-Lehrte Railway which are served by regional express line RE 30 from Hanover to Wolfsburg . The municipality
99-511: Was a Regierungsbezirk of the German state of Lower Saxony from 1946 until 2004. It was located in the centre and the south of the state, centered on the Lower Saxon capital of Hanover . There was a similar, equally named administrative unit within the then Prussian Province of Hanover from 1885 until the end of World War II; and before that, a 1823 established Landdrostei within
110-673: Was destroyed in a fire. The volunteer fire department was founded on 5 June 1880. In 1885, Uetze became part of the Burgdorf District , the Hanover District in 1974 and Hanover Region in 2001. Uetze used to be part of the Eastphalian Low German language area, but Standard German has all but replaced the language. There is still an active community of Low German speakers in Eltze. A dictionary for
121-577: Was responsible for Braunschweig , Anhalt , and part of Hanover. It was also the garrison town for the 71st Infantry Division of the German Army . The district surrounds the city of Hanover and includes the outskirts of its metropolitan area. The Leine river enters the district in the south, runs through Hanover and leaves to the north. In the northwest is the Steinhuder Meer , a lake with an area of 32 km (12 sq mi), within
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