Meißendorf

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Meißendorf is a village in the municipality Winsen ( Aller) in the Lower Saxony district of Celle.

It is located six kilometers northwest of Winsen ( Aller). Through the village the Meiss, who also gave him the name flows. In Meißendorf are 1,666 residents with a primary residence and 224 reported having a second home, additionally there is a campsite, camping Hüttensee, with around 100 permanent parking spaces and a mobile home site. In Meißendorf still operate several farms agriculture, is also a large horse farm on the outskirts of the village. The Society for Nature Conservation Germany, Lower Saxony State Association operates on Gut Sunder a conservation seminar annually 600 seminar participants and about 1,000 conference attendees, added hotel and day guests. Immediately adjacent to his campsite is located at the in the southwest of Meißendorf Hüttensee the 815 -hectare nature reserve Meißendorf Lakes / Bannetzer Moor, that's because of its rich bird life and breeding as a resting area for migratory birds of national importance.

Meißendorf is known by the resident skydiving club Hanover with his jump operation on the special airfield Brunsiek. Founded in the 1970s by the Olympic champion and national coach in jumping Hermann Schridde, he offers to interested parties in addition to the opportunity to tandem jump also training programs to apply for a parachute jump license. In addition, the only Heather Queen in the district of Celle is elected each year in Meißendorf.

History

On February 1, 1971 Meißendorf was incorporated into the municipality Winsen ( Aller).

Policy

Mayor is William Claus Köhler ( CDU).