Lichtenborn (Hardegsen)

Lichtenborn City of Hardegsen
	Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 12 " N , 9 ° 46 ′ 44" E
Height :	322 m
Residents :	141 (Dec 31, 2019)
Incorporation :	March 1, 1974
Postal code :	37181
Area code :	05505
Location of Lichtenborn in Lower Saxony

Lichtenborn is a district of the small town Hardegsen in the Northeim district in southern Lower Saxony .

location

At approx. 340 m above sea level, Lichtenborn is Hardegsen's highest village. The village lies between the B 241 and the Solling-Vogler Nature Park . The closest neighboring town is Ellierode (Hardegsen) . An unnamed tributary of the Espolde rises near Lichtenborn .

etymology

The ending -born means something like source. The adjective for "clear, luminous, bright" was used as a defining word. The place name developed from the phrase * to dem lechten born (to the clear, bright source).

history

In 1486 citizens of Göttingen destroyed the village.

On March 1, 1974, Lichtenborn was incorporated into the city of Hardegsen.

Individual evidence

^ Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski: The place names of the district of Northeim . Ed .: Jürgen Udolph. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89534-607-1 , p. 243–244 ( Lower Saxony Place Name Book ( NOB) , Part V).

↑ Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck: The knight castles and mountain castles of Germany , 2 volumes

^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 214 .

[Ortsnamenbuch-1] Kirstin Casemir, Franziska Menzel, Uwe Ohainski: The place names of the district of Northeim . Ed .: Jürgen Udolph. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-89534-607-1 , p. 243–244 ( Lower Saxony Place Name Book ( NOB) , Part V).

[2] Kaspar Friedrich Gottschalck: The knight castles and mountain castles of Germany , 2 volumes

[3] 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 214 .