Wolbrechtshausen is a part of the municipality

Nörten-Hardenberg Nörten-Hardenberg ( Eastphalian: ''Nörten-Harenbarg'') is a municipality in the district of Northeim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Geography It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 10 km southwest of Northeim, and 10 km north of G� ...

in the district of Northeim 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 ...

Geographical position

Wolbrechtshausen is located on the western end 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, ...

river valley between

Solling The Solling () is a range of hills up to high in the Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony, whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia. Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills ...

and

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

. Through the village flows the river Espolde, a tributary of the Leine. Highest point of the location is the Höheberg with a height of 177,4 m over NN. Neighbouring villages are Hevensen, Lütgenrode and Parensen.

History

The first written reference of the village is from the year 1210 in a duplication of the 13th century and calls the location as ''Wolbreteshusen''. An older reference from the 12th century often confuses the village with the deserted site ''Wolbechteshusen'' near

Gillersheim Gillersheim is a village with approximately 1,000 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the Gemeinde (Germany), Gemeinde (municipality) of Katlenburg-Lindau and to the Landkreis (district) of Northeim (district), Northeim. Th ...

. In 1345 it is written that the house of

Hardenberg Hardenberg (; nds-nl, Haddenbarreg or '' 'n Arnbarg'') is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Eastern Netherlands. The municipality of Hardenberg has a population of about 60,000, with about 19,000 living in the city. It recei ...

owned a large manor in Wolbrechtshausen. Then in 1486 Wolbrechtshausen became a casualty of a great fire and nearly the whole village burned down. One century later in 1597 the pest raged there and so much people died that there were not enough left to cultivate the cropland. The first school in the village was built in 1709. In the 19th century Wolbrechtshausen was the home of the linen weaver. From this episode in the village witnesses an old linen weaver flag that was spent to the village for carnival and survived the time till today. Another sign of this time are the two weaver's shuttles in the coat of arms that was given to the village in 1964. Since the foundation Wolbrechtshausen was an agricultural impressed village but with the beginning of the 20th century it became more a working-class quarter for the near cities. Kapelle Wolbrechtshausen

Protestant chapel

Wolbrechtshausen is habitat of a small chapel built in the 14th century. Before it became a chapel it was a defence tower. A few centuries later the inhabitants added a nave and church windows. From the original defence tower are the wall strength from over one meter and the crenels conserved.

Economy and infrastructure

The economy of the village consists of some small business and farms

Traffic

The federal highway 446 take course on the north of Wolbrechtshausen and public traffic consists of two bus routes. Next train stations are Nörten-Hardenberg and Hardegsen.

Notable people born in Wolbrechtshausen

* Wilhelm Lambrecht (* 3 February 1834 in Wolbrechtshausen, † 17 June 1904 in

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 ...

mechanic A mechanic is an artisan, skilled tradesperson, or technician who uses tools to build, maintain, or repair machinery, especially cars. Duties Most mechanics specialize in a particular field, such as auto body mechanics, air conditioning an ...

and

entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

External links

Website of the municipality Nörten-Hardenberg

References

Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski, Jürgen Udolph(Hrsg.): ''Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Northeim ,Niedersächsisches Ortsnamensbuch Teil V'',Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, Bielefeld, 2005, Seiten 416–418, Adolf Kellner (Hrsg.): ''Nörten-Hardenberg: mit den Ortsteilen Angerstein, Bishausen, Elvese, Lütgenrode, Parensen, Sudershausen, Wolbrechtshausen; Erinnerungen''. Geiger, Horb am Neckar, 1995. Weigand Heinrich: „Heimat-Buch des Kreises Northeim in Hannover“, 1924 Klaus Gehmlich: „Wappenbuch für den Landkreis Northeim“, Papierflieger, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 2001 Christian Kämmerer; Peter Ferdinand Lufen: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen - Landkreis Northeim Teil 1 7.1, 2002, S201- 203 {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolbrechtshausen Northeim (district) Villages in Lower Saxony