Bischhausen is a village in the Gemeinde

Gleichen Gleichen () is the name of two groups of castles in Germany, thus named from their resemblance to each other (). Castles in Thuringia between Gotha and Erfurt The first is a group of three (hence called "die drei hreeGleichen"), each situated o ...

in southern

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

with a population of 326 (as of 1 January 2024https://www.gleichen.de/portal/seiten/doerfer-in-gleichen-wappen-der-gemeinde-gleichen-900000010-25460.html). The village is located close to the previous border with what was the GDR and near the peaks called the

, with their castle ruins. It consists almost entirely of residences - primarily those of farmer families and of commuters to

Göttingen Göttingen (, ; ; ) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. According to the 2022 German census, t ...

. In addition, there is a very small village pond and the

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

church of St. Martin with its Late Gothic wooden sculpture. The first mention of the community was in 1152, when it was referred to as Biscopenhusen, "Bishop's houses." The church was built in 1740–42 under the direction of master builder Jost Philipp. StMartini Bischhausen

In 1971, as part of administrative re-districting, the village was made part of the ''Gemeinde'' Gleichen.Gesetz zur Neugliederung der Gemeinden im Kreis Göttingen 20. November 1972
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, the village abutted

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, and patrol wagons would drive through the village at night. There was no open crossing in this part of Germany, so the village was almost devoid of traffic not ending or starting there. The mayor is Michael Dusch.

References

External links

Official website
(in German) Villages in Lower Saxony {{Göttingen-geo-stub