Northeim

For similarly named places, see Nordheim.

Northeim
Northeim
Location of the town of Northeim within Northeim district
Coordinates	51°42′24″N 10°00′4″E / 51.70667°N 10.00111°E / 51.70667; 10.00111Coordinates: 51°42′24″N 10°00′4″E / 51.70667°N 10.00111°E / 51.70667; 10.00111
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Town subdivisions	16 Ortsteile
Mayor	Harald Kühle (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	145.67 km2 (56.24 sq mi)
Elevation	120 m  (394 ft)
Population	29,431 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	202 /km2 (523 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NOM
Postal code	37154
Area code	05551
Website	www.northeim.de

Northeim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the district of Northeim, with, as of 2002, a population of 31 000. It's located on the German Half-Timbered House Road.

History

Rittigau or County of Northeim Rittigau or Grafschaft Northeim
State of the Holy Roman Empire
← before 982 – 1147 →
Capital	Northeim
Government	Principality
Historical era	Middle Ages
- First documentary     mention of city	800
- First documentary     mention of Rittigau	982 the 8th century
- First documentary     mention of city     as comital seat	1002
- Stem duchy of Bavaria     in personal union	1061–70
- Comital line extinct	1147
- Northeim gained     town rights	1252
Today part of	Germany

Castle of Imbshausen

Northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document recording a property transfer by a Frankish nobleman to the Abbey of Fulda. In the 10th century the surrounding region became a county, administered by the Counts of Northeim. The first of them, Siegfried is mentioned in 982. From 1061 to 1070 Count Otto II held the stem duchy of Bavaria as an Imperial fief, but lost it again because of his involvement in the Saxon plot against King Henry IV.

The monastery of St. Blasius was founded around 1100. In 1252 Northeim obtained town rights, and from 1384 to 1554 it was a member of the Hanseatic League. The city became part of the Kingdom of Hanover.^[when?]

Northeim is the subject of William Sheridan Allen's book The Nazi Seizure of Power (ISBN 0-531-05633-3), a comprehensive study of the success of Nazism at town level. The book describes how the Nazis took over all social groups in the city and Nazified them, but failed to instil positive enthusiasm for the Nazi state. Instead, the population was "atomized" and deprived of the means to express group grievances. The book has been criticized for neglecting the role of the churches, which remained largely autonomous. However, even its critics say that the book is crucial to our understanding of Nazi Germany and has played a key role in shaping scholarship.^[2] Imbshausen, the site of a post-World War II British sector Displaced Persons camp, was incorporated into the city in 1974.^[3]

In 15th November 1992 an express train crashed into the wreckage of a derailed freight train near Northeim. 11 people died and 52 were injured.

Cultural amenities

• The city has a city museum and archive.
• There is an outdoor stage outside the city.
• Some of the old city wall still stands, including a watch-tower.

Transportation

Hanoverian Southern Railway connects Northeim with cities like Göttingen and Hanover. Solling Railway connects Northeim with cities at the southern part of Solling-Vogler Nature Park.

Notable natives and residents

• Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria
• Heinrich Kreipe, World War II general who died there (1976)

See also

• Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region
• Northeim Lake District

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German). Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen. 31 December 2009. http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/html/parametereingabe.asp?DT=K1000014&CM=Bev%F6lkerungsfortschreibung. 
2. ^ The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922–1945, Times Higher Education
3. ^ Imbshausen on Heraldry of the World

External links

• Official website