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Gleichen, Lower Saxony
Gleichen is a municipality (in this case, a '' Gemeinde'') in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Named after the two castles, Neuen-Gleichen and Alten-Gleichen on the twin peaks in the ''Gemeinde'', it is situated about 10 km southeast of Göttingen, from which the peaks are visible. Its seat is Reinhausen. Location The municipality of Gleichen is located southeast of Göttingen, west-southwest of Duderstadt and north-northwest of Heilbad Heiligenstadt. The River Garte flows through several of the villages in the municipality, as does the small Wendebach stream, which is impounded by the Wendebach Reservoir. Both streams are right, eastern tributaries of the Leine. In the center of the municipality are Die Gleichen, a pair of hills 430 m high, that rise between Appenrode, Bettenrode and Gelliehausen. Both hills were once crowned by castles, whose ruins may still be seen. The villages in the municipality may be accessed on state roads (''Landess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landesamt Für Statistik Niedersachsen
The statistical offices of the German states (German language, German: ''Statistische Landesämter'') carry out the task of collecting official statistics in Germany together and in cooperation with the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Federal Statistical Office. The implementation of statistics according to Article 83 of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, constitution is executed at state level. The Bundestag, federal government has, under Article 73 (1) 11. of the constitution, the exclusive legislation for the "statistics for federal purposes." There are 14 statistical offices for the States of Germany, 16 states: See also * Federal Statistical Office of Germany References {{Reflist National statistical services, Germany Lists of organisations based in Germany, Statistical offices Official statistics, Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleichen Vogelsang UTafel
Gleichen is the name of two groups of castles in Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (german: gleich like, or resembling). Castles in Thuringia between Gotha and Erfurt The first is a group of three (hence called “die drei hreeGleichen”), each situated on a hill in Thuringia between Gotha and Erfurt. The German Wikipedia article reports that the three castles do not look alike. The legend of the resemblance of the three is said to stem from an onslaught of ball lightning on May 31, 1231, when the three shone like identical torches. One of these called Gleichen, the Wanderslebener Gleiche (1221 ft. above the sea), was besieged unsuccessfully by the emperor Henry IV in 1088. It was the seat of a line of counts, one of whom, Ernest III, a crusader, is the subject of a romantic legend. Having been captured, he was released from his imprisonment by a Turkish woman, who returned with him to Germany and became his wife, a papal dispensation allowing hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rittmarshausen
Rittmarshausen is a nucleated village in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. The village of 776 residents (as of December 31, 2005) is primarily agricultural and home of people working in Göttingen. "Ökozentrum Rittmarshausen" is an association dedicated to the development and marketing of regionally produced natural foods, which are marketed under the Leinehöfe label. The community also sports an athletic association, a volunteer fire department, a chorus, a gun club, and an equestrian association. The village mayor is Volker Heinemann. The village's coat of arms is a red shield with a bird sitting on the upper of two yellow horizontal bars, each with three short vertical bars (crenellations). History The village was settled by people from the now-abandoned village of Bernsrode due, according to tradition, to flooding at Bernsrode. In 1318 the village was the split property of Dietrich von Kerstlingerode and Ehrenfriede von Berleps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein Lengden
Klein Lengden is a village in the Gleichen in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany, about eight to ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen. According to the 2010 census, it has about 1363 inhabitants. The village lies in the Garte valley, south of the forested hills of Lengderburg (384 meters a.s.l.) with its Lengdener Burg (castle) and Westerberg (340 meters a.s.l.) and is otherwise surrounded by farm fields. The nearest neighboring villages are Gross Lengden to the east and Diemarden to the west-south-west, each of which is about two kilometers distant. Just outside the village, on L569, the road to Benniehausen, is the Historische Spinnerei Gartetal (historical spinning works of the Garte Valley). In the late 16th century, a flour mill was erected on the site. In the middle of the following century, a paper mill was added. The Industrial Revolution led to the conversion to a spinnery for flannel and woolen yarn. History The earliest known record of the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerstlingerode
''Kerstlingerode'' is a village in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It lies on L569 between Beienrode and Rittmarshausen, about ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen. The village of 245 residents (as of December 31, 2010) is primarily agricultural. There is one church and the largest school in the municipality. There is a volunteer fire department and a wind-instrument band. The village mayor is Claudia Schuppe-Blödow. History The community was once known as ''Burg Kerstlingerode''. It is said to have been founded in AD 1100. In 1408 the knight of Bischoffshausen laid waste to some of the lands of Kerstlingerode. In 1925 and 1933, the population was recorded as being 315 people. In 1939 it was 307. External links References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ischenrode
Ischenrode is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen, Göttingen, Braunschweig Bezirk (district), Lower Saxony, Germany. Its geographical coordinates are . It lies SSE of Göttingen, in a valley called the Ischenröder Schweiz in the shadow of the Reinhaeuserwald, on L567, a winding little road between Bremke Bremke is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony. The village of 887 residents is located about ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen and lies in the shadow of the two small mountains called the Gleichen for the castle ... and Lichtenhagen (a district of Friedland). The population in 2010 was 153. History The earliest record of the village is from A.D. 1168. It was next mentioned in a regional church record of A.D. 1207. The village's name has changed over time, the current form first mentioned in A.D. 1541. On the first of January 1973, Ischenrode was incorporated into the newly formed Gemeinde Gleichen. Economy The community includes a mec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gross Lengden
Gross Lengden is a village in the Gleichen, Lower Saxony, Gleichen in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany, about ten kilometers east of Göttingen. It had 1,040 inhabitants as of 2005. The village lies at the foot of the hills leading to the Mackenröder Spitze. The village's heart is characterized by small winding streets and well-preserved half-timbered houses. In two years running (1996, 1997), it won prizes for improved village appearance. The earliest mention of the community is an AD 822 chronicle of the Fulda Abbey, where it is referred to as "Lengidi" and "Lengithi.“ Government *Mayor: Joachim Johannes Thiery Significant people associated with Gross Lengden *Heinrich Albert Lion (born in Bamberg in 1796; died in Groß Lengden in 1867), Classical philologist *Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld (1853–1933), co-founder of the Karl-May-Verlag publishing house Sources *Das bietet Groß Lengden: http://www.gleichen.de/gr-lengden/home.htm *Gross Lengden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
