Wietze

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WIETZE

State : Niedersachsen
District (Kreis) : Celle
Additions : 1929 Steinförde; 1973 Hornbostel, Jeversen

Official blazon

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Origin/meaning

In Wietze oil was already mined in 1652, as it came to the surface as a thick heavy oil/tar. In the 1830s it was tried to make asphalt from the tar, which did not work. In 1858 the first oil drill in the world was established here, but no commercially large oil field was found. Only in 1899 a larger oil field was found here and an oil boom started with already 32 companies drilling for oil in 1905. Oil from the area supplied 80% of all oil needed in Germany around 1910. Oil mining continued until 1963. The oil drill reminds of the oil rush and the oil museum in the village.

Before and after the oil rush forestry and agriculture were/are the main activities, hence the oak leaf and wheat ear.