Fredelsloh is a village in

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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close to the town of

Northeim Northeim (; nds, Nuurten) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document ...

. The town is historically agricultural, but today derives much income from its traditional pottery shops. The village is centred on a very large church, Klosterkirche Fredelsloh, which was formerly a mediaeval nunnery. The von Ohlen family historically owned much of the land in and around the village, and still has a strong presence in the area.

*Fritz Both: ''850 Jahre Fredelsloh. Chronik.'' Ortsrat Fredelsloh (Hrsg.). Moringen 1982 *Fritz Both: ''Die Klosterkirche St. Blasii und Marien in Fredelsloh'' (Kleine Kunstführer für Niedersachsen, Volume 22). Göttingen 1982 *Horst Gramatzki: Das Stift Fredelsloh von der Gründung bis zum Erlöschen seines Konvents. 2001 *Gerda Engelbracht: ''Das "Töpferdorf Fredelsloh". Ein Dorf zwischen Töpfertradition und Tourismus''. Magisterarbeit. Göttingen 1981 * Petra Lönne, Johannes Klett-Drechsel & Sonja M.-A. König: "Die mittelalterliche Töpfereiwüstung Bengerode bei Fredelsloh, Ldkr. Northeim.". In: Mamoun Fansa, Frank Both, Henning Haßmann (Herausgeber): ''Archäologie, Land, Niedersachsen. 400 000 Jahre Geschichte.'' Landesmuseum für Natur und Mensch, Oldenburg 2004 = Lizenzausgabe für die Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. pp. 264–266. {{Authority control Villages in Lower Saxony

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