Mariensee is a village in Lower Saxony, Germany, and a borough (Stadtteil, lit.

'city part') of Neustadt am Rübenberge.

[1] Originally called Catenhusen, it became Mariensee (lit.

'Mary's lake') when, according to legend, a statue of the Virgin Mary 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 as lacus sancte Marie (lit.