Kerstlingerode
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Kerstlingerode is a village in the municipality (Gemeinde) Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It lies on L569 between Beienrode and Rittmarshausen, about ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen. The village of 245 residents (as of December 31, 2010){{Cite web|url = http://www.gleichen.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=29&topmenu=19|title =Rundreise durch die Gemeinde Gleichen - Kerstlingerode|date = |accessdate = 2014-07-12|website = |publisher = Gemeinde Gleichen|last = |first = }} is primarily agricultural. There is one church and the largest school in the municipality.[http://www.gleichen.de/kerstlingerode/home.htm Das bietet Kerstlingerode] There is a volunteer fire department {{Cite web |url=http://www.ffw-kerstlingerode.de/2.html |title=Freiwillige Feuerwehr Kerstlingerode - Wir über uns |access-date=2008-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614052257/http://www.ffw-kerstlingerode.de/2.html |archive-date=2009-06-14 |url-status=dead }} and a wind-instrument band. The village mayor is Claudia Schuppe-Blödow.
History
The community was once known as Burg Kerstlingerode. It is said to have been founded in AD 1100.[http://www.beepworld.de/members2/wjahns/beienrode.htm Beienrode] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050910012414/http://www.beepworld.de/members2/wjahns/beienrode.htm |date=2005-09-10 }}
In 1408 the knight of Bischoffshausen laid waste to some of the lands of Kerstlingerode.{{Cite web |url=http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/bischoffshausenburg.htm |title=Worldroots.com |access-date=2008-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704083959/http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/bischoffshausenburg.htm |archive-date=2008-07-04 |url-status=dead }}
In 1925 and 1933, the population was recorded as being 315 people. In 1939 it was 307.[http://www.verwaltungsgeschichte.de/goettingen.html#ew33gttkerstlingrde Deutsche Verwaltungsgeschichte Provinz Hannover, Kreis Göttingen]
External links
- [http://www.gleichen.de/kerstlingerode/home.htm]
References
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Category:Villages in Lower Saxony
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