- Kerstlingerode
"Kerstlingerode" is a village in the municipality ("Gemeinde")
Gleichen in the districtGöttingen ,Germany . It lies on L569 betweenBeienrode andRittmarshausen , about ten kilometers south-east of Göttingen. The village of 255 residents (as ofDecember 31 ,2005 ) 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 [ [http://www.ffw-kerstlingerode.de/2.html Freiwillige Feuerwehr Kerstlingerode - Wir über uns ] ] 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 ] ] .
In 1408 the knight of
Bischoffshausen laid waste to some of the lands of Kerstlingerode [ [http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/bischoffshausenburg.htm Worldroots.com ] ] .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 link
* [http://www.gleichen.de/kerstlingerode/home.htm]
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