Holzerode

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Holzerode is a village in the district of Göttingen . It belongs to the municipality of Ebergötzen and has almost 700 inhabitants.

geography

The Holzeröder Feldflur is almost completely surrounded by forests. Neighboring towns are Spanbeck and Billingshausen in the north-west, Gillersheim in the north, Renshausen in the east, Ebergötzen and Krebeck in the south-east and Bösinghausen in the south.

The field mark Holzerode meets the shell limestone of the Plesser Forest in the west, to the southwest it is located on an upper red sandstone plateau , also called Röt, while the rest of the field mark is located on the middle red sandstone . The Feldmark rises to a height of up to 360 m, the village itself lies at around 250 to 260 m. The road from Nörten-Hardenberg via Billingshausen to Ebergötzen forms the border between the two formations.

The Beverbach rises in the valley floor of the village .

Southwest of Holzerode is the Hünstollen (423.5 m), a worthwhile hiking destination that offers a wide view over the Eichsfeld basin towards the Harz Mountains . The mouse tower is in the same direction .

history

Holzerode was first mentioned in 1055 in a document from Archbishop Luitpold I of Mainz and describes a clearing settlement that was probably built between the 9th and 11th centuries. If you follow the Low German colloquial language, Holzerode, which in earlier documents is sometimes written as Hozesruoth , Hotzesrouth , Hozzesrouth and Hozzesroth , can be interpreted as the clearing of a Hozzo (or Hozzi). In the Plessian documents issued from 1322 onwards, the place is listed without the genitive -s. Until the transition to the Landgraviate of Hesse, the place name Hotzerode or Hosserode was written, the residents of Holzerode used it even after this time. Further variants of the place name appear again and again in the documents and books of the Landgraviate of Hesse in the following periods. It belonged to the rule of Plesse for centuries, came into Hessian possession in 1571, to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1816 and to Prussia in 1866 . In 1349 a Plessian Vorwerk in Holzerode is mentioned for the first time, in the 16th century there is talk of a stately main courtyard and two Meierhöfe . The division of the main courtyard and the Meierhöfe meant that in 1664 the Plessian Meiergut consisted of a total of 8 Hufen . In 1848 the village had a total of 572 inhabitants, who were spread over 94 houses. In 1912, a "depth potash feed pump" was installed in the Holzeröder Feldmark, on the corner property between Billingshäuser Weg and Spanbecker Weg, and test bores for potash salt began . At a depth of 3 to 5 m, the salt was finally found, some of which was of a better quality than the salt that was started to be mined at the same time in neighboring Reyershausen . However, the project of funding was discontinued shortly afterwards, as this was in connection with the project of a rail connection between Nörten-Hardenberg and Duderstadt , which was abandoned due to the excessive height difference in the route. Since the project of potash mining in Holzerode was now canceled, potash mining was concentrated in Reyershausen, where the plants were put into operation in 1915 and some workers from Holzerode were also hired. The results of the trial excavations were stored in long glass tubes at the local school. At that time, the Hölle brickworks , the Lindenbrückemühle, the Neuwaake estate (in Hessendreisch between Waake and Roringen) and the Strutkrug tavern were part of the community association . As part of the regional reform, the merger with Ebergötzen took place on January 1, 1973.

Population development

Development of the population of Holzerodes:

  • 1848: 572 inhabitants
  • 1871: 519 inhabitants
  • 1925: 510 inhabitants
  • 1939: 526 inhabitants
  • 1950: 904 inhabitants
  • 1955: 759 inhabitants
  • 1961: 718 inhabitants
  • 1970: 644 inhabitants

Culture and sights

Ev. Reformed Church in Holzerode

Ev.-ref. Holzerode Church

The ev.-ref. Church in Holzerode was built in 1738 in the form of a three-axis rectangular hall. Above the projecting eaves cornice, the hall has a high roof, which is designed as a crooked hip on its narrow sides . On the west side there is a small, slate, octagonal roof turret with rectangular sound openings and a crowned top, which serves as the church's bell tower. Ashlar frames encompass the arched closed windows and the rectangular entrance portal, which is located in the middle on the southern long side. Above the portal there is a small round window, also framed with stone. Except for the corner blocks and stone framing, the church is plastered. Inside there is an organ built in 1840.

literature

  • Günther Meinhard: Chronicle of the communities Ebergötzen and Holzerode . Boar idols 1991.
  • Peter Aufgebauer (among others): Festschrift to celebrate the local jubilee from June 24th to July 3rd, 2005 / Holzerode: 950 years of Holzerode . Holzerode 2005.
  • Peter Aufgebauer: Holzerode as "Plessedorf" . In: Südniedersachsen: Journal for regional research and home care . tape 34 , no. 3 . Mecke, Duderstadt 2006, p. 85-87 .
  • Otto Fahlbusch: 1055-1955. 900 years of Holzerode . Saß, Göttingen 1955.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Fahlbusch: 1055-1955. 900 years of Holzerode . Saß, Göttingen 1955, p. 4 .
  2. ↑ Otto Fahlbusch: The district of Göttingen in its historical, legal and economic development . Heinz Reise-Verlag, Göttingen 1960, p. 28 .
  3. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Harseim, C. Schlüter: Statistical Manual for the Kingdom of Hanover . Ed .: Friedrich Wilhelm Harseim, C. Schlüter. Schlütersche Hofbuchdruckerei, Hanover 1848, p. 75 .
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Busse: The potash shaft . In: Förderverein 950-year celebration Holzerode eV (Hrsg.): 950 years Holzerode. Festschrift to celebrate the local anniversary . Förderverein, Holzerode 2005, p. 72 .
  5. ↑ a b c Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 208 .
  6. ↑ Uta Klaer: The Bovenden spot in the outskirts of Göttingen. Suburban urbanization when the centrality of an old exclave center fades . In: Plesse archive . tape 1 , 1965, p. 142 .
  7. ↑ Jens-Uwe Brinkmann: The church buildings in the rule of Plesse . In: Plesse Archive . tape 22 , 1986, pp. 52 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '  N , 10 ° 4'  E