Lüthorst is a village in

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. It is a suburb of

Dassel Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Northeim. It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains. Geography The city covers an area of . Buildings and streets make up about 10% of this area while 26% ...

and was incorporated into this city in 1974. It is located between the

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and the Elfas hills.

History

The foundation of Lüthorst dates back to the 9th century, when it was a part of the Suilbergau area. Throughout the Middle Ages, both the Counts of Dassel and lords who had their castle in the Homburg Forest, had influence on the village. In the decades after 1310, when the Counts of Dassel ceased to exist, the Lords of Homburg expanded their influence and expelled some of the inhabitants from the village. As the

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was the successor of the county of Dassel, bishop Gerhard tried to limit the influence of those lords. So did

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, who mandated the abbot of the Reinhausen monastery. However the lords prevailed and the expelled inhabitants of Lüthorst settled in

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. Several years later they undertook an attack against the lords, burning down 14 villages around Lüthorst. Six of these became

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s. Early in the 15th century the lords became extinct. The Dukes of Grubenhagen were their heirs, because duke

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had married the widow of the last lord of Homburg. The remaining farmers of Lüthorst had to serve them according to the fief rights. They became independent farmers as a result of the Prussian Agricultural reforms early in the 19th century.

Main sights

* The local church is devoted to

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. In the Middle Ages, people believed that he could help them against the wilderness surrounding the village. The tower of the church is dated into the 10th century. The

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stems from 1504 while the middle part of the church was built in 1732. The church had two bells both from 1316, but only one is left because the

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melted the other one in 1942. * In memory of

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, who lived here from time to time between 1846 and 1897, a showroom can be visited.

Notable people

born here

* Ludwig Adolf Petri, was born here in 1803 *

Adolf Just Adolf Just (born 8 August 1859, Lüthorst near Dassel, Kingdom of Hanover; died 20 January 1936, Blankenburg (Harz) was a German naturopath. He was the founder of the sanatorium Jungborn in Eckertal (resin). Life He began an apprenticeship ...

, was born here in 1859 * Rüdiger Butte, was born here in 1949

lived here

Johannes Letzner Johannes Letzner (29 November 1531 – 16 February 1613) was a Renaissance-era German Protestant priest and historian of Lower Saxony, in particular of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Letzner studied briefly at Wittenberg University in 1550–1551 ...

, lived here between 1583 and 1589 *

, lived here from time to time between 1846 and 1897 {{DEFAULTSORT:Luthorst Dassel de:Dassel