Uetze

Uetze
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Uetze within Hanover district
Uetze Uetze
Coordinates:52°27′58″N10°12′14″E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hanover
Government
•Mayor(2021–26)	Florian Gahre(SPD)
Area
• Total	140.56 km2(54.27 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	20,471
• Density	150/km2(380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00(CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00(CEST)
Postal codes	31311
Dialling codes	05147, 05173 (Uetze), 05177, 05175
Vehicle registration	H
Website	www.uetze.de

Uetze[ˈʏt͡sə] is a municipality in thedistrict of Hanover,inLower Saxony,Germany.It is situated on the riverFuhse,approximately 35 km (22 mi) east ofHanover.

Geography

Uetze is the easternmost municipality in theHanover Region.It is bordered by the districts ofCelle,GifhornandPeineas well as the townsLehrteandBurgdorf,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 the market town and municipality seat Uetze. Uetze is the largest settlement at about 7200 inhabitants, followed by Hänigsen at about 6000.

History

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 was destroyed in a fire. The volunteer fire department was founded on 5 June 1880. In 1885, Uetze became part of theBurgdorf District,theHanover Districtin 1974 andHanover Regionin 2001. Uetze used to be part of theEastphalianLow Germanlanguage area, butStandard Germanhas all but replaced the language. There is still an active community of Low German speakers in Eltze. A dictionary for the village's dialect is available in Standard German.

Transport

HighwayB 188traverses the area from east to west, connecting Uetze proper and Altmerdingsen to Burgdorf and Gifhorn. The highwaysB 214andB 444connect to Celle, Braunschweig and Peine. The villages Dollbergen and Dedenhausen both have a train station on theBerlin-Lehrte Railwaywhich are served by regional express line RE 30 fromHanovertoWolfsburg. The municipality is connected to Burgdorf and Lehrte via RegioBus lines 910, 920, 930 and 946. Lines 938 and 950 operate within the municipal limits.