Bierde is a village in the municipality of

Böhme, Lower Saxony Böhme is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Subdivisions The four subdivisions in the municipality are: *Böhme *Bierde Bierde is a village in the municipality of Böhme, Lower Saxony, that is part of Heide ...

, that is part of Heidekreis district in the German state of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

Bierder Burg

Near the lake, known as the Bierder See, is a wood in which the ruins of an old castle are located. There are the remnants of five ditches that acted as a defence against enemies. The castle itself was intended to control the river

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, which passes it at a distance of about 100 metres.

Legends

There are many legends about Bierde. The ''Karlsberg'' (the highest point in Bierde) is especially shrouded in legend. One of them tells of two giants that fought and hurled stones at each other. These stones then formed the ''Karlsberg''. Another story tells of when the emperor

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...

(German: ''

Karl der Große Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Emp ...

''), stayed there, which is why the hill is named after him.

Dorfhaus

In the centre of the village is the ''Dorfhaus'' ("village house"), the old village school. Heidekreis Villages in Lower Saxony {{Heidekreis-geo-stub