Bornum am Elm is a village of 919 inhabitants (2021) in the city of

Königslutter am Elm Königslutter am Elm is a town in the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography It is located on the northeastern slopes of the Elm hill range, within the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park, about east of Brunswick, west of the dis ...

, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was a municipality until 1974, when it was joined to Königslutter. Bornum is near the northern edge of the Elm hills on the bank of the

Scheppau Scheppau is a river of Lower Saxony, Germany, approximately long. The Scheppau originates on the slope of the Elm hills and is a left tributary of the Schunter. It flows west and north of Königslutter and joins the Schunter in Glentorf, between ...

stream, at an elevation of 135 meters. Neighboring places are

, Lauingen, and

Abbenrode Abbenrode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality of Nordharz. The village is situated north of the Harz mountain range, near the Ec ...

, as well as Königslutter proper. Industries include farming, tourism, and construction. Archaeological evidence shows the existence of the village in the Iron Age. The oldest documentary mentioning dates from 1135, when properties in Bornum were given to the newly founded Königslutter Abbey by Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor. The manor of the village was given as a fief to various holders by the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg. In 1390, it came to the

von Weferlingen The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''. Nobility directories like the ''Almanach de Go ...

family; they sold it to the von Westphalen family in 1764. In 1779, it was bought back by

Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

, who sold it to Amelungsborn Abbey in 1781. Up to the Napoleonic period, the Lord of the Manor had jurisdiction over the village. In 1844 the manor was bought by the farmers in the village and was dissolved.

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