Meißendorf is a village in the borough of Winsen an der Aller in the Lower Saxon

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 district of Celle in northern Germany

Germany

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It lies 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Winsen an der Aller. It derives its name from the River Meiße which flows through the village. 1,666 people have their main residence in Meißendorf and 224 have a second home here. There is also a campsite with about 100 permanent pitches and a mobile home site. The Lower Saxony Nature Conservation Society runs a nature conservation centre on the Sunder Estate (Gut Sunder) with 600 participants annually and about 1,000 conference participants. There are also hotel and day visitors. Meißendorf is also home to the Hütten Lake (Hüttensee) Park, which borders onto the 815 hectares (2,013.9 acre) nature reserve of Meißendorf Lakes and Bannetzer Moor.

Meißendorf is well-known for being the base of the Hanover Parachute Club with its jumps onto the special landing zone at Brunsiek. It was founded in the 1970s by Olympic

Olympic Games

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 champion and national trainer for show jumping, Hermann Schridde

Hermann Schridde

Hermann Schridde was a German equestrian.Schridde won the German show jumping championship in 1960....

, and he offers those interested the chance to do tandem jumps as well as training towards the award of a parachute

Parachute

A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...

jumping licence.

Literature

• Judaslohn, crime novel by Andree Hesse, ISBN 9783805208000, (set in Eichendorf (= Meißendorf) and the nearby military training area)