Gittelde

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Location of Gittelde in Lower Saxony

Gittelde is a district of the town of Bad Grund (Harz ) in the district of Osterode am Harz in Lower Saxony.

  • 2.1 Possible castle
  • 2.2 Recent History
  • 3.1 Ortsrat
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Gittelde is in each case slightly to the west of the Upper Harz and Harz Nature Park. It is located at Söse inflow Markau.

Local structure

To Gittelde also includes the south lies the village pond cottage.

History

953 the village was first mentioned, Otto I then swapped the billungischen possession and gave this the Mauritius Kloster in Magdeburg. In the year 965 was given by Otto the place Gittelde coin and customs rights. After Magdeburg Otto received the donation, they built in the area of the former billungischen Court's Maurice Church, next to the well at the same time created the market. As stewards for his court sat the bishop of Magdeburg, the Count of Katlenburg. After the death of the counts at the beginning of the 12th century, the Guelphs were on their heritage, who succeeded their former possessions, using the advocacies to alienate the Magdeburg diocese. For the time before the millennium, several noble families can be detected that were wealthy in Gittelde. So we met at the time of the Liudolfinger, Immedinger and the Bill Unger as the owner of possession. From 1143 the family occurs those of Gittelde. 1244 renounced Adolf II von Dassel in favor of Bishop Siegfried III. his tithes in Gittelde and Eisdorf. At the same time by arrangement with Duke Otto I, Bishop of Mainz renounced his hand out in favor of the Jacobi monastery Osterode. In Gittelde a sovereign ironworks was operated, which was in common ownership of the rulers of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel and Hanover.

Possible castle

Terms such as " Kaiser- garden ", " imperial " and " Old Castle " in the area of ​​St. John's Church and cemetery gave rise to the presumption that previously might have existed in Gittelde a castle. Test excavations in 1953 revealed that they discovered several dry stone walls of about 1 m width in the ground of the churchyard. They each passing below the tower or the foundation of the church choir. Since these walls are of older date than the house of God, they could come from a strong fortification. In addition, the St. John's Church is older than the Church of St. Maurice, which was only built after Gittelde 953 got to the Moritz monastery Magedeburg. The St. John's Church is still in 1240 called castle chapel. At times Merian in the middle of the 17th century they had masonry with spiral staircases and vaulted ceilings. Documentary evidence for the existence of a castle lacking.

Modern History

On 1 July 1972, the neighboring community Teichhütte was incorporated into the town Gittelde.

On March 1, 2013, the member communities of the velvet municipality bathroom closed base ( resin ) to the new municipality of Bad Grund (Harz ) together, including the spots Gittelde.

For the development of the postal system in Gittelde see: Postal History of Gittelde.

Policy

Ortsrat

The Ortsrat consists of seven council women and councilors.

  • SPD: 3 seats
  • CDU: 3 seats
  • Free Wählergemeinschaft: 1 seat

(As at municipal election held on January 20 2013 )

Coat of arms

The two church door key in the coat of arms refer to the two churches of the village of St. Maurice and St. John.

Culture and sights

  • St. Mauritius Church
  • St. John's Church
  • Numerous well-preserved half-timbered houses
  • Ernst -August- tunnel, built from 1851 to 1864. It has a length of 26 km was used for the drainage of the Harz mining pits.
  • Station building from the 19th century
  • Castle ruins Stauffenburg about 2 km north of the village on the Stauffenberg.
  • Museum of Local History

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Gittelde is right on the B243, which runs from Osterode am Harz Seesen.

It has a station on the railway line Herzberg Seesen. Earlier this chain the railway line Gittelde bath from reason.

Education

In Gittelde is a primary school.

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