Hetelde
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 48 ″ N , 10 ° 30 ′ 18 ″ E
Hetelde is a deserted area in the Feldmark of the village of Gielde in the municipality of Schladen-Werla in the Wolfenbüttel district , Lower Saxony .
geography
The desert is about 1.2 kilometers southeast of the Gielder village church on the Hetelberg , a hill between Harly and Oderwald .
history
Place name
The following forms of name are mentioned for Hetelde:
- 1285-86 / 1299: Hetlede
- 1299: Hetledhe
- 1303: Hetle
- from 1395: Hetelde
A name interpretation is difficult due to the late tradition: The determinant, obscured by metathesis, can mean both -ede and -lede . There is probably a reference to ancient Germanic * haþ- "hill" and * hliþō "side, heap, hill, terrain slope", which would refer to the location of Heteldes on a mountain spur.
Local history
Evidence of the settlement of the place was excavated on the eastern slope of the Hetelberg, which point to a main settlement period from the 1st to the 7th century AD. In the period up to the fall of the desert in the 13./14. In the 19th century, the houses were repeatedly built elsewhere, so that there is a strong spread of the settlement area.
literature
- Kirstin Casemir: The place names of the Wolfenbüttel district and the city of Salzgitter. 2003, pp. 191-193