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11 unusual facts about Duderstadt


Annette Roozen

She successfully defended her national titles in both disciplines and at the Paralympic Challenge in Duderstadt on May 20, 2006, she ran a new world record over 100 metres in 16.90 seconds.

Benniehausen

The village of 349 residents (in 2010) is located in the Gartetal {valley} on the old trade route between Göttingen and Duderstadt, lying some eight kilometers south-west of the former city.

Bundesstraße 446

The remaining section of the B 446 runs through the villages of Seeburg, Seulingen and Esplingerode and finally ends in Duderstadt at the B 247.

Carl Ritter

It was there that where he courted and married Lilli Kramer, from Duderstadt and that he wrote and published the first two volumes of his Erdkunde.

Etzenborn

The nearest large city is Göttingen, the Landkreis capital, about 25 km to the north-west by road, with Duderstadt just 12 km to the north-east and Heiligenstadt the same distance south.

Garte Valley Railway

Originally going from Göttingen to Rittmarshausen, it was extended in 1907 to reach Duderstadt.

Göttingen station

Between 1897 and 1959 somewhat southeast of Göttingen Station was a station of 750 mm narrow-gauge railway, the Gartetalbahn to Rittmarshausen and Duderstadt.

Klein Lengden

During most of the years in which the Garte Valley Railway operated, Klein Lengden was one of the stations, closing in 1957, two years before the disbandenment of the line, which ran between Göttingen and Duderstadt.

Liesgau

Its southern bound is near the town of Duderstadt and its northern bound is near Osterode, while its western bound is near the River Leine and its eastern bound corresponds to the present-day eastern border of Lower Saxony.

Principality of Grubenhagen

Grubenhagen was located around the southwestern edge of the Harz, and included the towns of Osterode am Harz, Herzberg am Harz, Duderstadt, Einbeck and the eastern exclave of Elbingerode.

Quedlinburg Abbey

In 974 the locality of Duderstadt in south-eastern Lower Saxony was acquired, which the abbey owned for 262 years.


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