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Country
  
District
  
Osterode am Harz

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
12.55 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:09 AM

Municipality
  
State
  
Elevation
  
190 m (620 ft)

Postal codes
  
37534

Population
  
1,977 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
37534

Dialling code
  
05327

Gittelde

Weather
  
7°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 82% Humidity

Gittelde is a village and a former municipality in the district of Osterode, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund.

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Map of Gittelde, 37534 Bad Grund (Harz), Germany

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 baroque 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.

References

Gittelde Wikipedia


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