Gillersheim

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Gillersheim is a village with 1067 inhabitants in southern Lower Saxony. Gillersheim belongs to the municipality Katlenburg -Lindau, and thus the district of Northeim. With an area of ​​18.91 square kilometers Gillersheim is geographically the largest town in the municipality, as measured by the number of inhabitants, the third largest.

The inhabitants are jokingly called " cuckoo ", the exact origin and meaning of this nickname is not clear. The town celebrated in 2005 its 900 years of existence and is known for his numerous club activities as well as his volunteer fire department. The settlement has repeatedly with success in the competition "Our village is beautiful - Our village has a future " competition.

Mayor of Gillersheim Uwe life victory (SPD).

About two kilometers south of Gillersheim is the recreational and nature conservation area " animal houses ponds " and begins just east of the nature reserve Rhumeaue / Ellerniederung / Giller Heimer stream valley. Historical attractions are the deserted village Leisenberg with church ruins and burial mounds in the vast forest areas Giller home dar.

History

First records of the place in 1105 under the name Geldrikesen. This was part of a forged document, the Archbishop of Mainz Ruthard on November 11, 1105 Katlenburg exhibited. In this writing, he confirmed the foundation of the monastery Katlenburg which built Dietrich Count of Katlenburg at his castle and endowed with numerous goods. At that time, was under the jurisdiction of the county Gillersheim Northeim, which was one of the place as allodium to their possession. The written sources speak here of alii compagenses, which suggests a return to the Counts of Northeim. In the 14th century the town was under the Principality Grubenhagen, the dukes, Ernst, Wilhelm and Johann sold on March 6, 1323 to repurchase the Hildesheim Bishop Otto, among others, the village Gillersheim, Wollbrecht Hausen, the county Westerhof and the Court of Berka. Nearly 350 years later sought a conflagration home the place 32 houses were next to the field marks of the former village Wollbrecht Hausen victims of the flames. Some of the residents Wollbrecht Stockhausen moved to Gillersheim, which seemed to have gradually recovered from this disaster in the following years. So there were in Gillersheim that to the time component of the Office Katlenburg -Lindau and the associated Bailiwick Katlenburg 1848, with the local Angermühle, a total of 812 inhabitants, distributed among 138 houses. At the beginning of the 19th century, it could be assumed that the village of the Canton of Northeim, was what part of the district of Göttingen. The former Lutheran parish village had, in its 121 houses, 630 inhabitants.

On March 1, 1974 Gillersheim was incorporated into the new municipality of Katlenburg- Lindau.

In Gillersheim lives the Lower Saxony Minister of Culture and SPD member of parliament Frauke Holy City.