Gleichen is a municipality (in this case, a ''

Gemeinde Gemeinde (; plural: Gemeinden) is a German word translating to "community", "town", "parish", or "municipality". Gemeinde may refer to: * An administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city: ** Gemeinde (Austria) ** Gemeinde (G ...

'') in the district of Göttingen, in

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 Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. 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 Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...

, from which the peaks are visible. Its seat is

Reinhausen Reinhausen is the largest village in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It is also the seat of government for the Gleichen. The village has 1,500 residents (as of December 31, 2005). The village mayor ...

Location

The municipality of Gleichen is located southeast of Göttingen, west-southwest of

Duderstadt Duderstadt () is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Göttingen. It is the center and capital of the northern part of the Eichsfeld ("Untereichsfeld"). In earlier times it was the private wealth of the Roman Cat ...

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 The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long. The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, t ...

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 ('' Landesstraßen'') branching eastwards off the B 27 federal road. Gleichen Vogelsang UTafel

Subdivisions

Besides Reinhausen, the villages in the municipality are: *

Beienrode Beienrode-im-Gartetal is a village in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. The nucleated village of 250 residents (as of December 31, 2005) is primarily agricultural. The village mayor is Marlene Hille. T ...

Benniehausen Benniehausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony. The village of 349 residents (in 2010) is located in the Gartetal on the old trade route between Göttingen and Duderstadt Duderstadt () is a city in southern Lower Sa ...

Bischhausen Bischhausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony with a population of 326 (as of 1 January 2024https://www.gleichen.de/portal/seiten/doerfer-in-gleichen-wappen-der-gemeinde-gleichen-900000010-25460.html). The village i ...

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 ...

Diemarden Diemarden is a village in Gleichen in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It had 1463 inhabitants as of 2005 and is the second largest village in Gleichen. In 2010, there were 1398 residents. The village's elevation is 172 meters ab ...

Etzenborn Etzenborn is a village in the Lower Saxony ''Gemeinde'' Gleichen, Lower Saxony, Gleichen, Germany. The agricultural village had 216 inhabitants on the last day of 2010. The village, called Eghenburnen in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ...

Gelliehausen Gelliehausen is a nucleated village just south of Benniehausen in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony with a population of 452 (as of 12 December 2005). The village is located at the foot of the twin hills called the Gleichen. The sm ...

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 lea ...

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 R ...

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 ...

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 va ...

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. "Ök ...

* Sattenhausen * Weißenborn *

Wöllmarshausen Wöllmarshausen is a village in the Garte valley in the municipality (''Gemeinde'') Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. The nucleated village A nucleated village, or clustered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement pattern. ...

Political situation

Currently, the community council of twenty-five (including the mayor) has eleven SPD, six CDU, five Greens, two BsP, and one SWG members.

Cultural resources and attractions

The Akademie Waldschloesschen lies on the L568 between Reinhausen and

. In Bremke itself, there is the Waldbühne, an outdoor stage where, since 1949, fairy tales have been presented in the form of plays.

Personalities

Gottfried August Bürger Gottfried August Bürger (31 December 1747 – 8 June 1794) was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, '' Lenore'', found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English and Russian ada ...

(1747-1794), the poet lived from 1772 to 1773 in

and 1774 to 1784 in Wöllmarshausen and worked from 1772 to 1784 as court elderly in the Amtshaus in Gelliehausen * Werner Schröder (1916-2010), jurist, judge at the Bundessozialgericht in Kassel * Klaus-Peter Bruns (1913-2011) German farmer and politician (SPD).

References

External links

Official government site
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