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The former township consisted of
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army and Wöltingerode, though it finally fell back to the
Hildesheim Bishopric in 1643, remained Lutheran until the 1803 secularisation.
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and in 1291 took and slighted the castle. Some moats are still visible today. A modern observation tower stands nearby.
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basilica of the late 12th century with an attached cloister and a crypt, which serves for storage of the Wöltingerode
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generated several filial monasteries and left a collection of notable manuscripts, now kept at the
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rule. Nevertheless, in 1632 the
Catholic canons again had to abscond from the approaching
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hill (256m/840 ft) north of the town was the site of a castle built in 1203 by the
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monastery at their ancestral seat west of
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The adjacent settlement remained part of the episcopal lands until the 1803
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in 1626. The estates were restored to the
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In 1523 the Prince-bishop of
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In
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was first mentioned in a 1306 deed. It was erected by the
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Vienenburg's railway station, opened in 1840 on the
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237:71.14 km (27.47 sq mi)
672:National Democratic Party of Germany
391:River near its confluence with the
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605:Edict of Restitution
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263: • Density
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589:Thirty Years' War
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754:A 14
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375:Geography
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