Gittelde is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in

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. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund.

History

Gittelde was founded in the 10th century. In a document dating from 953 the place was mentioned for the first time, and a few years later market and mint rights were awarded in 965.

Sights

There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the center of the town, e.g. in ''Breite Strasse'' street, a comparatively broad street which might have been an oblong market as the town has never had a rectangular market place like other market towns. ''Lange Straße'' is another historic street with traditional half-timbered houses. Some houses have doors with colourful wood carvings. St. Mauritius Church, which was founded in the Middle Ages, has a neoromanic nave dating from the 19th century. Its spire was built in a

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style around 1700. Inside the church a gothic altar with wood carvings can be seen. St. Johannes Church which was possibly founded in the 10th century has a spire dating from 1660. The railway station of Gittelde on the Herzberg–Seesen railway line is a historic wooden building in the southeast of the town. The ruins of ''Stauffenburg'' Castle are worth a visit as well. The castle was founded shortly after 1050. It was used as a prison until 1778 and as a quarry afterwards.G. Ulrich Großmann: ''Hannover und Südniedersachsen'', p. 190. Köln 1999 File:Gittelde1.jpg, St. Mauritius Church File:Gittelde2.jpg, St. Johannes Church File:Breite Straße in Gittelde3.jpg, Half-timbered houses ''Breite Straße'' street File:Lange Straße in Gittelde4.jpg, Half-timbered houses in ''Lange Straße'' street File:Bahnhof Gittelde-Bad Grund.jpg, Railway station File:Harz 003.jpg, General view of Gittelde

References

Former municipalities in Lower Saxony Populated places disestablished in 2013 {{Göttingen-geo-stub