Everode is a village and a former municipality in the district of

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the L ...

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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. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality

Freden Freden is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approx. 25 km south of Hildesheim. Since 1 November 2016, the former municipalities Everode, Landwehr and Winz ...

. The town was first mentioned in the ownership deed of Bishop

Bernward Bernward (c. 960 – 20 November 1022) was the thirteenth Bishop of Hildesheim from 993 until his death in 1022. Life Bernward came from a Saxon noble family. His grandfather was Athelbero, Count Palatine of Saxony. Having lost his parents at ...

of Avenigeroth in the year 996. In July 1965, the town voluntarily joined a joint community (Leine) alongside

Winzenburg Winzenburg is a village and a former municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality Freden. It comprises four smaller communities, including the village of Winzenburg, whi ...

, Eyershausen, Ohlenrode and Wetteborn. On the 1st of March 1974, Meimerhausen was also added. On the 1st of November 2016, this joint community was dissolved and Everode became a part of the Freden (Leine) municipality. The village hosts a yearly tomato festival. Festivities include tomato flavoured ice-cream and a fresh tomato market.

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Hildesheim (district) Former municipalities in Lower Saxony {{Hildesheim-geo-stub