Mariensee is a village in

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

, Germany, and a borough (, ) of

Neustadt am Rübenberge Neustadt am Rübenberge (; ) is a town in the Hanover (district), district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At , it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area (following Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), though only about 45,000 inhabita ...

. Its population was 1195 in April 2021. Originally called , it became ''Mariensee'' () when, according to legend, a statue of the

Virgin Mary Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Saint Joseph, Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under titles of Mary, mother of Jesus, various titles such as Perpetual virginity ...

washing up during a flood of the Leine was considered a divine sign. The first known written record of the new name dates to 1207, albeit in, as was customary at the time,

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

as (). Mariensee convent founded around 1213–14 still dominates Mariensee architecturally.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mariensee (Neustadt am Rubenberge) Former municipalities in Lower Saxony Neustadt am Rübenberge