Bad Gandersheim is a city in southern
Lower Saxony,
Germany, located in the district of
Northeim. Population 11,026 (2004). The city includes 16 surrounding villages.The mayor is Heinz-Gerhard Ehmen. He was re-elected on September 24, 2006 for a further eight-year term. The city dates back to 852, when a monastery was created in nearby Brunshausen by
Liudolf, Duke of Saxony and his wife Oda. The first convent church, or
Stiftskirche in the town proper was begun in 856. In
990 the monastery received the market and tax rights. During the
10th century, Gandersheim was one of the most important towns of
Saxony; the first German poet
Hrosvit lived and worked here until 973. In 1159 Gandersheim was first mentioned as a city.
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