title: Meitze
text: # Meitze
  
  Meitze is a village in the municipality Wedemark, in Lower Saxony. Meitze covers about 11 square kilometres, including areas used for agriculture and forestry.
  
  ## General information
  
  The village is mainly noted for the cobbled high street and a lot of old timber-framed houses in the centre.
  
  In the North, there is a wind farm with twelve wind turbines.
  
  ## History
  
  Meitze arose at the crossing point of two important trade routes, the "Hessenweg" and the "Bremerweg". On this intersection, Meitze developed as a well-known marketplace.
  
  * The village was founded in 1330 as "Metce", according to documents.
  * 1438 - Meitze was mentioned as "Metzenne" in a register.
  * around 1791 the name of the town became "Meitze".
  * 1921 - the local Schützenverein was founded
  * 1930 - the volunteer fire brigade was established.
  * 1959 - the new chapel was consecrated
  * since 1974 Meitze has been a district of the Wedemark
  
  On 29 April 1944, ten American airmen were killed when their Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft crashed near Meitze. The crew had been ordered to carry out a bombing mission over the German capital of Berlin, according to the U.S. military. Their remains were identified in 2011 and buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
  
  ## Infrastructure
  
  About one kilometer (0.6 miles) away from Meitze passes the A7.
  
  Meitze is directly connected with Mellendorf and Elze/Bennemühlen by the bus route 697.
  
  Until 1967 Meitze also had an own elementary school, but it was closed because of a lack of students.
  
  