Gleichen is a municipality (in this case, a '' Gemeinde'') 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 ...

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. 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 university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the capital of the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, the population was 118,911. General information The ori ...

, 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 Heilbad Heiligenstadt is a spa town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Eichsfeld district. Geography Heiligenstadt is approximately 14 km east of the tripoint where the states of Thuringia, Hesse and Lower Saxony meet. It lies ...

. The River

Garte The Garte is a small tributary to the Leine River in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Garte is a long stream that rises to the east of Weißenborn at an elevation of . Towns that it runs through or by include Beienrode, Kerstlingerode, Rittmarshaus ...

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, ...

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 (''

Landesstraße ''Landesstraßen'' (singular: ''Landesstraße'') are roads in Germany and Austria that are, as a rule, the responsibility of the respective German or Austrian federal state. The term may therefore be translated as "state road". They are roads t ...

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

Subdivisions

Besides Reinhausen, the villages in the municipality are: * Beienrode * Benniehausen * Bischhausen *

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 * Etzenborn * Gelliehausen * Gross Lengden * Ischenrode * Kerstlingerode * Klein Lengden *

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

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 ad ...

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