Brand (Osterode am Harz)

brand City of Osterode am Harz
Coordinates: 51 ° 43 ′ 15 ″  N , 10 ° 7 ′ 23 ″  E
Height :	245 m above sea level NN
Residents :	123  (2012)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	37520
Area code :	05552
Location of Marke in Lower Saxony

Marke is a village in the southwestern Harz foreland and part of the former district town of Osterode am Harz in the district of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony , Germany .

geography

The village is roughly in the middle of a straight line between Osterode and Northeim . It is the westernmost part of Osterode and is located on the edge of the forest around one kilometer north of Elvershausen .

history

Brand was first mentioned in a document in 1350. The place name is traced back to the border location between the Principality of Göttingen and the Principality of Grubenhagen . The village was destroyed in 1549 in a feud between the Lords of Oldershausen and Heinrich II. (Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel) . It was rebuilt and a chapel was built after the Reformation in 1584. On July 1, 1972, brand was incorporated.

politics

Due to its small population, Marke does not have a local council , but a local councilor .

literature

• Werner Binneweis: Förste - Brand - Nienstedt. Forays into history and folklore. The Harz and Southern Lower Saxony special issue 5, 1978.

Web links

• Osterode.de
• Brand at City-map.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Osterode.de - city information. Retrieved February 16, 2017 . 
2. ^ 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. 215 .
3. ↑ § 6 of the main statute of the city of Osterode am Harz i. d. F. February 27, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2013 .