Oldendorf (desert)

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Oldendorf , also Altendorf , is a deserted area on an old ford across the Ilme east of Einbeck in the Northeim district .

In the 9th and 10th centuries the Immedingen owned properties in Oldendorf. Oldendorf was one of the first possessions of Goslar Cathedral and was first mentioned in a document in 1057, together with Negenborn , Sülbeck and Volksen . The Goslar monastery also held the patronage of the church, which belonged to the Sedes Stöckheim in the archdeaconate of Nörten .

The Ilme in the area of ​​the Oldendorf desert, looking towards Einbeck.

The settlement was at a prehistoric to high medieval crossroads near the south bank of the Ilme, where this is now crossed by the state road 487. The site had already led to temporary settlement in pre-Christian times, because this section of the river, used as a ford, was joined to the east by the flood zone of the Leine , while further west the floodplain zone of the Ilme was still too wide.

In the area of ​​the Oldendorf desert, early historical earthen kumpf and standing bottom vessels from the 7th to 9th centuries as well as spherical pot ware from the Carolingian era were found during site inspections . According to the archaeological findings, the village, with an area of ​​around 600–750 by 100–250 m, was significantly larger than the later other desert areas in the area. There is evidence of a church, three cemeteries used at different times, a mill and around 20 farms with several wells.

The extensive area around Oldendorf extended from the St. Bartholomew Chapel east of Einbeck to the mouth of the Ilme in the foothills of the Heldenburg and included the Altendorfer Berg to the north . After many residents had moved to the strongly fortified, up-and-coming town of Einbeck in the 14th century, the village was completely abandoned in the following century. The northwestern properties came into the possession of the citizens of Einbeck, the southeastern ones to the Salzderhelden settlement, which was developing from the Salzkotten in front of the Heldenburg . The church building, consisting of a nave, a square chancel and a semicircular choir, stood for another century. In the 16th century it was said of the baptismal font "that the same pagan received baptism" , a reference to the time of Christianization in the early Middle Ages at this place.

In the Middle Ages the village was often called Oldendorp or Niederoldendorf to distinguish it from Oldendorf, which is around 7 km upstream, today's Markoldendorf . The closest city gate to Einbeck about a kilometer away was the Oldendorfer Tor. From the point to the Ilme, the extension of the L487 is now called Altendorfer Tor.

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  1. ↑ HL Harland: History of the city of Einbeck: along with historical news about the city and the former county of Dassel, the villages, churches, chapels, monasteries, castles and noble seats around Einbeck . 1st volume. H. Ehlers, Einbeck 1854, p. 12 . ( online )
  2. ↑ Einbecker Geschichtsverein e. V. (Ed.): History of the city of Einbeck . tape 1 . Einbeck 1990, ISBN 3-88452-410-0 , p. 34-36 .
  3. ^ HL Harland: History of the city of Einbeck . 1st volume. H. Ehlers, Einbeck 1854, p. 60 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 48 ′ 30 ″  N , 9 ° 53 ′ 50 ″  E