Eschershausen () is a municipality in the district of Holzminden, in

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. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of

Holzminden Holzminden (; ) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden (district), Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ...

, and 50 km south of

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. Eschershausen was the seat of the former ''

Samtgemeinde A (, ; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. ''Samtgemeinden'' are local government associations of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities, equivalent to the ''Amt (administrative division) ...

'' ("collective municipality")

Eschershausen Eschershausen () is a municipality in the Holzminden (district), district of Holzminden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km northeast of Holzminden, and 50 km south of Hanover. Eschershausen was the seat of the ...

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Wilhelm Raabe Wilhelm Raabe (; September 8, 1831November 15, 1910) was a German novelist. His early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus. Biography He was born in Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden Dist ...

(1831-1910), German writer, honorary citizenship in 1901 * Hans Scheibert (1887-1969), founder of the Deutsche Schlauchbootfabrik (Dinghy factory), (DSB), honorary citizenship in 1967

Sons and daughters of the city

(1831-1910), German writer * Georg Bode (1838-1910), German jurist, naturalist and historian

References

Holzminden (district) Duchy of Brunswick {{Holzminden-geo-stub