is a town on the banks of the River Lamme in the district of Hildesheim, in

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Geography

The municipality includes the town itself, and 12 civil parishes (''Ortsteile'') which were incorporated in 1974: * Ortswappen-Bodenburg

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Breinum *

Detfurth * GrossDuengen Wappen

Groß Düngen * Wappen Klein Düngen

Klein Düngen * Heinde

Heinde *

Hockeln *

Lechstedt * Listringer-Wappen

Listringen * Wappen Östrum

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Wehrstedt * Sin escudo

Wesseln (Bad Salzdetfurth)

History

In 1194, Salzdetfurth was mentioned in a document for the first time. The place was devastated by fire or flood several times. The worst flood occurred in 1738 when 176 houses were destroyed. The word "Bad" meaning "spa" was added to the name in 1921. On 22 March 1945, during a heavy air raid on Hildesheim, Bad Salzderfurth was hit by several bombs and two houses in Goettingstrasse were destroyed. Bad Salzdetfurth was officially awarded "town" status in 1949. Each of the villages incorporated in 1974 has its own history and its own traditions.

Mayors

Björn Gryschka (independent politician) was elected the new mayor in January 2019, succeeding Henning Hesse (

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).Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung
(in German). Retrieved on 2019-01-06.

Sights

There are various sights in the town itself and in each of the villages. There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the old town centre, such as the Miners' Guild Hall dating from 1898, and in the village of Wesseln. The Catholic Church of St. Gallus at Detfurth was built in a classicist style in the period 1772 to 1779. Other interesting village churches and chapels can be seen in Hockeln,

, Breinum,

, Wehrstedt and Klein Düngen. The Church of St. John the Baptist in Wesseln was built in a typical

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style in 1853-55. The largest church in Bad Salzdetfurth itself is St. George's Church, a Protestant church with a painted wooden ceiling, which was built around 1700. In the west wall a mark, which is 3 metres above ground level, indicates the height of the flood waters of the River Lamme in 1738. The

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altar dates from 1717. The organ, dating from 1590, originally stood in

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. There is a municipal museum dedicated to the mining history of Bad Salzdetfurth. Originally the brick building which now houses the museum was a school. The museum was founded in 1987. The most modern church in Bad Salzdetfurth is the Catholic ''Holy Family'' Church which was built 1960-61 and consecrated on 3 September 1961. Its organ dates from 1979. Originally, very few Catholics lived in Bad Salzdetfurth. After the Second World War, however, many Catholic refugees from

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settled in the town.

Traffic connections

Bad Salzdetfurth can be reached from Hildesheim by train. The railway station is in the middle of the town. There are railway halting places in the villages Bodenburg, Detfurth, Wesseln and Groß Düngen as well. On working days, there is at least one train per hour to and from Hildesheim. On Sundays and public holidays there is one train every two hours.

Photogallery

File:Bad Salzdetfurth Germany aerial view.jpg, Aerial view File:BadSalzdetfurthZentrum.jpg, River Lamme and town centre File:BadSalzd 055.jpg, Miners' Guild Hall and memorial File:BadSalzd 058.jpg, Museum dedicated to mining and history of the town File:Heilige-Familie-Kirche (Bad Salzdetfurth) interior.jpg, Catholic Church ''Holy Family'' (1960–61) File:BadSalzd 033.jpg, Wesseln, village centre File:St.-Gallus-Kirche (Detfurth).jpg, St. Gallus Church in Detfurth File:St.-Gallus-Kirche (Detfurth)-Interior.jpg, St. Gallus Church, Detfurth File:St.-Johannes-Kirche (Hockeln).jpg, Church in Hockeln File:St-Johannes-Kirche (Hockeln) Interior.jpg, Church in Hockeln File:St.-Johannes-Kirche (Wesseln).jpg, St. John's Church in Wesseln File:BadSalzd 039.jpg, Railway halting place in Wesseln

International relations

Bad Salzdetfurth is twinned with: * Benicàssim,

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Personality

Sons and daughters of the town

* Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943), artist and art professor

Personalities who have worked locally

Joseph Müller (priest) Joseph Müller (19 August 1894 – 11 September 1944) was a German Catholic priest and critic of the Nazi regime. He was tried by the People's Court and executed at Brandenburg-Görden Prison. Life Müller was born in Salmünster, Hesse, the ...

(1894-1944), priest, Nazi opponent *

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(1909-1976), tennis player *

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(born 1978), football player * Katharina Schiller (born 1984), swimmer

In popular culture

It was mentioned in

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References

External links

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Bad Salzdetfurth News
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