Wietze (Aller)

Wietze
The Wietze after 20 km, between Mellendorf and Fuhrberg
Location Lower Saxony, Germany
Reference no. 4872
Length 30 km
Source NE of Altwarmbüchen, at confluence of Flöth and Edder
52°26′47″N 9°51′59″E / 52.4465194°N 09.8662806°ECoordinates: 52°26′47″N 9°51′59″E / 52.4465194°N 09.8662806°E
Source height 56 m 
(Flöth 60 m above NN, Eder 59 m above NN)
Mouth NW of Wietze into the Aller
52°39′54″N 9°48′22″E / 52.6649083°N 09.8059917°E
Mouth height 28 m
Descent 28 m
Basin Weser
Progression Aller → Weser → North Sea
Catchment 515 km²
Right tributaries Wiesenbach, Hengstbeeke, Wulbeck, Rixförder Graben, Fuhrengraben
Left tributaries Laher Graben, Johannisgraben (Mühlengraben),
Large towns Langenhagen
Small towns Isernhagen-Süd
Villages Wietzesiedlung, Wieckenberg, Wietze-Steinförde, Wietze

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. From there it flows several kilometres to the west through the southern part of Isernhagen to Langenhagen and from there on only in a northern direction to just beyond the village of Wietze, where it merges with the River Aller flowing from the south.

In the second half of its course the Wietze forms a pronounced depression with a bog-like region known as the Wietzenbruch. This is a region of extensive forest and fen woodland (Bruchwald) about 400 square kilometres (150 sq mi) in area. Wietzenbruch, a suburb of the town of Celle lies next to it.

The name of the river is derived from wizene ("wych elm river").

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