Wieda is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, 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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. Since 1 November 2016, it is part of the municipality

Walkenried Walkenried () is a municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the southern Harz, approx. 15 km south of Braunlage, and 15 km northwest of Nordhausen. Walkenried was the seat of the ''Samtge ...

. Wieda is on River Wieda, a tributary of Zorge in the southern part of the

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

mountains.

Sights

There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the center of Wieda, for example in the High Street close to the wooden Town Hall. The Old Clock Tower is on the top of a hill offering a scenic view of the municipality and its surroundings. ''Lutherkirche'' is the protestant town church which was built in 1770.Ulrich Großmann: ''Hannover und Südniedersachsen'', p. 192. Köln 1999 File:WiedaChurch.jpg, Protestant Church File:WiedaClockTower.jpg, Clock Tower File:WiedaHighSt.jpg, Half-timbered houses in the High Street File:WiedaRiver.jpg, River Wieda File:WiedaTownHall.jpg, Town Hall

References

{{Authority control Former municipalities in Lower Saxony Villages in the Harz