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2 unusual facts about Gandersheim


Gandersheim

Bad Gandersheim, town in Lower Saxony, called Gandersheim until 1931

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen

Seesen and Gandersheim were separated from Brunswick-Göttingen and attached to Henry's part of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.


Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William took his brother Frederick prisoner on 10 December 1484 and brought him via Gandersheim and Hardegen to Hann. Münden.

Frederick, Archbishop of Ravenna

In June 1002 he was sent as an imperial legate to the Synod of Pöhlde to mediate between the claims of Bernard, Bishop of Hildesheim, and Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz, concerning the control of the abbey of Gandersheim.

George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

#Agnes (b. 1445 – d. Kaufungen, 15 August 1504), Abbess of Gandersheim (1485), of Neuenheerse (1486–1492) and of Kaufungen (1495)

Lamme Valley Railway

On 1 January 1982, the line was closed completely between Harbarnsen and Lamspringe, on 31 May 1987 between Bodenburg and Harbarnsen, and on 29 May 1994 between Lamspringe and Bad Gandersheim and between Gronau and Elze.


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