Stadtoldendorf is a
town
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Origin and use
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in the center of the
Holzminden district,
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 ...
,
Germany
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. Stadtoldendorf is the seat of the ''
Samtgemeinde
A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of municipalities, equivalent to the '' Ämter'' in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenb ...
'' ("collective municipality")
Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf.
Government
Allocation
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Economics
* Asset alloca ...
of seats in the
local council electoral period 2006-2011:
*
CDU: 10
*
SPD
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Saskia Esken has been t ...
: 5
*
Grünen: 1
*
FDP: 1
Culture
Museums
* Stadtmuseum im Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus
* Freilichtmuseum Mühlenanger
Buildings
* Försterbergturm, from the 13th century
* Hagentorturm
* Kellbergturm
*
Homburg castle, above old village
* Altes Rathaus (from 1875)
* Ratskeller (from 1621)
* Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus
Notable people
*
Kurt Matzdorf
Kurt J. Matzdorf, also known as Kurtheinz J. Matzdorf (1922 – 2008), was a German-born American jewelry designer, metalsmith (which included silversmith, goldsmith) and an educator. He was Professor Emeritus at State University of New York at ...
(1922 – 2008), metalsmith, professor
References
Towns in Lower Saxony
Holzminden (district)
Duchy of Brunswick
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