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mentioned as one of the witnesses. Starting in 1211 the "Herren von
Bovenden" appear as the patrons of the local chapel. In the following decades the family of Bovenden succeeded in enlarging their property. Bovenden remained nevertheless the main village, in which seven farms, eleven and a half hooves of land, two meadows and the castle were included. The family of Bovenden appeared as
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to help him with everything except the archbishop of Mainz. And in case Duke Otto managed to free him of the alliance with the
Electorate of Mainz Knight Günther would serve only Duke Otto. The influence of the family of Boventen on the history of the area was significant for two centuries until the
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in 1737 Bovenden experienced an economic boost in the second half of the 18th century. Many students came to the Hesse-Kassel enclave to watch traveling theater groups, eat in the tavern "Zum letzten Heller" as well as to drive to the tavern in
Rauschenwasser. It was also popular to purchase wine,
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Bovenden" makes its first appearance. They are mentioned in a document in 1170 for the first time. In this document, which contains information about bestowals in the area around Bovenden to the Abbey Helmershausen, Bobo of Bovenden is
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and the area turned into a Hesse enclave. Since the 16th century
Bovenden received more rights as a consequence of being the most important location of the reign of the Plesse family. These rights included that Bovenden was designated a "Flecken" since 1587 which showed that the area has a market
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spirits, coffee, and sugar there as these goods were burdened with luxury taxes in Göttingen. As these activities were regarded as a waste of time and incurring debts by the students, the authorities of Göttingen
University came up with the term "Dangers of Bovenden."
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was commonly used and since the end of the 16th century today's designation
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in documents, were transferred to the noble men of Plesse. Today, the key in
Bovenden's emblem indicates the relationship to the Electorate of Mainz as Burgmans at the Hardenberg.
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of Hesse in 1447 and received the estate again as a feudal tenure. Through this measure the Herren of
Bovenden were able to obtain a higher degree of home rule in front of the
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of the Steina Abbey. The representative and administrative tasks were executed in this Hesse castle until 1815. The building further served as the hunting lodge of the
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In the context of a local government transformation in
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end of the 14th century. Only the line of Lenglern continued the name after 1500. The possessions of the Herren of Bovenden, which are referred to as
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The Herren of Bovenden are the most significant landowners in Bovenden since the 14th century. They gave their whole estate to
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382:Postal codes
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59:Coat of arms
33:Municipality
1422:Staufenberg
1392:Rollshausen
1387:Rhumspringe
1312:Elbingerode
1209:(in German)
688:Bobbenzunon
503:Emmenhausen
272:Göttingen
231: /
1474:Categories
1432:Walkenried
1307:Ebergötzen
1302:Duderstadt
1277:Bilshausen
1272:Bad Sachsa
1187:8 November
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1091:5 November
1066:5 November
893:References
877:Twin towns
322:Population
278:Government
219:09°55′20″E
216:51°35′23″N
192:Bovenden
160:Bovenden
24:Bovenden
1417:Seulingen
1377:Obernfeld
1332:Göttingen
1317:Friedland
1297:Dransfeld
1262:Bad Grund
1257:Adelebsen
778:Meierhofs
742:Duke Otto
730:Burgmanns
692:Bobbantun
459:Göttingen
449:Geography
420:.bovenden
370:UTC+02:00
349:UTC+01:00
344:Time zone
314:Elevation
1372:Niemetal
1327:Gleichen
1287:Bovenden
1282:Bodensee
1140:citation
704:Boventen
700:Bobentum
696:Bobentun
694:(1141),
523:Spanbeck
513:Lenglern
431:Bovenden
267:District
1412:Seeburg
1407:Scheden
1397:Rosdorf
1362:Krebeck
887:England
883:Dursley
747:nobiles
674:History
629:±% p.a.
575:±% p.a.
443:Germany
413:Website
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244:Country
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680:Otto I
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652:−0.42%
641:+4.41%
609:−0.03%
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508:Harste
330:14,124
1427:Waake
910:(PDF)
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660:2,872
657:1961
649:2,409
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635:1950
606:1,531
603:1939
595:1,537
592:1925
584:1,572
581:1871
467:Leine
455:Leine
437:, in
387:37120
285:Mayor
255:State
1189:2012
1146:link
1112:ISBN
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978:ISBN
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749:and
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