Bad Gandersheim

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Bad Gandersheim
Town
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Location of Bad Gandersheim within Northeim district
Bad Gandersheim in NOM.svggemeindefreies Gebiet Solling
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Bad Gandersheim
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Bad Gandersheim
Coordinates: 51°52′19″N10°1′31″E / 51.87194°N 10.02528°E / 51.87194; 10.02528
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Northeim
Government
 •  Mayor (2021–26) Franziska Schwarz [1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total9.049 km2 (3.494 sq mi)
Elevation
143 m (469 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31) [2]
 • Total9,552
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
37575–37581
Dialling codes 05382
Vehicle registration NOM, EIN, GAN
Website www.bad-gandersheim.de
Marketplace. Left: Weisses Ross Hotel, centre: Zur Ecke, right: Bracken Bad Gandersheim Marktplatz 284-85-d.jpg
Marketplace. Left: Weißes Roß Hotel, centre: Zur Ecke, right: Bracken
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Marketplace
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Airfield

Bad Gandersheim (Eastphalian: Ganderssen) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Northeim. As of December 2020, it had a population of 9,492.

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Bad Gandersheim has many half-timbered houses and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road (German : Deutsche Fachwerkstraße). The town contains an airport as well.

Geography

The town of Bad Gandersheim lies between the Leine Uplands, Weser Uplands, and Harz Foreland in the valley of the Gande River, into which its tributary, the Eterna, empties within the town's territory. To the north lies the Heber Ridge. The borough is predominantly hilly. The Harz Mountains begin about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of the town, and 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) to the west is the Leine Graben (German : Leinegraben).

Borough divisions

The borough of Bad Gandersheim consists of the following subdivisions based on the surrounding villages:

  • Ackenhausen
  • Altgandersheim
  • Clus
  • Dankelsheim
  • Dannhausen
  • Ellierode
  • Gehrenrode
  • Gremsheim
  • Hachenhausen
  • Harriehausen
  • Heckenbeck
  • Helmscherode
  • Seboldshausen
  • Wolperode
  • Wrescherode

History

The town dates back to 852, when Gandersheim Abbey, a house of secular canonesses, was created in nearby Brunshausen by Liudolf, Duke of Saxony and his wife Oda. The first abbey church (German : Stiftskirche) in the town proper was begun in 856. In 990 the abbey received the market and tax rights. During the 10th century, Gandersheim was one of the most important towns of Saxony; the first German poet Hrosvit (Roswitha) lived and worked here until 973. In 1159 Gandersheim was first mentioned as a town.

When a mineral spring was discovered in 1240, Pope Gregory IX initiated the erection of the Holy Spirit hospital. Around 1330, the Dukes of Brunswick built a castle as a secular counterbalance to the abbey church. This building serves today as the magistrates' court and youth correctional facility.

In the late 19th century, the town began to become known for the curative powers of its mineral springs, and in 1932 Gandersheim received the official right to call itself a spa town, thus Bad Gandersheim, on account of these springs.

In the summer of 1926 there was a three-day "Roswitha Memorial Celebration in 1000-year old Gandersheim". This was the first time the medieval author was used as a symbolic figure for the town. Similar celebrations took place in 1930 and 1933; these had clear national-socialist themes: "German Culture" versus "Jewish-Communist Decadence."

During World War 2, from October 1944 to April 1945, the town was the site of a subcamp of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp that produced aircraft parts.

In 1952, the town celebrated the 1100-year jubilee of the founding of the monastery by Liudolf. A history play, The Song of Gandersheim, was presented in the market square. This was the unofficial prelude to the summer festival Gandersheimer Domfestspiele , which has been presented yearly on the plaza in front of the abbey church since 1959. Since this time, it has established itself as Lower Saxony's largest professional summer theatre festival. In 2006, its four major productions were attended by approximately 55,000 theatre visitors.

Mayors

Twin towns

Bad Gandersheim is twinned with:

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Hrotsvitha, 1501

Notable residents

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References

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  2. ↑ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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