Dassel is a town in southern Lower Saxony , Germany , located in the district Northeim . It is located near the hills of the Solling mountains.
12-400: The city covers an area of 43.64 square miles (113.0 km). Buildings and streets make up about 10% of this area while 26% are covered with forests like Ellensen Forest and 62% are in agricultural usage, especially for cereals and rapeseed cultivation. For this, the local soil horizon provides suitable conditions as sediments below the soil layer are made up of loess . Dassel is located in
24-666: A low mountain range in the Leine Uplands , sited at the city of Dassel in South Lower Saxony , Germany . It is named for Ellensen, a district of Dassel. Ellensen Forest lies between Solling and Ahlsburg mountain ranges and is separated from the Ahlsburg by the valley of the Dieße river. Among the hills of Ellensen Forest are Scharfenberg (342 m) and Burgberg (306 m), where the Ilme valley
36-530: Is adjoining. The forest is mainly made up of common beech ( Fagus sylvatica ), which is almost unchanged for more than 200 years, as land surveying has shown. The forest grounds on limestone of the Muschelkalk age. 51°46′52″N 9°42′41″E / 51.7812°N 9.7115°E / 51.7812; 9.7115 Solling The Solling ( German pronunciation ) is a range of hills up to 527.8 m above sea level (NN) high in
48-574: Is home of a number of animals and birds, for example red deer or chaffinch . They can best be observed in the Neuhaus wildlife park . Together with the smaller and lower Vogler range and the little Burgberg to the north, the Solling is part of the Solling-Vogler Nature Park . The main hills in the Solling include the following (heights given in m above Normalnull ): Villages and towns in
60-670: The Weser Uplands in the German state of Lower Saxony , whose extreme southerly foothills extend into Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia . Inside Lower Saxony it is the second largest range of hills and the third highest after the Harz ( Wurmberg ; 971 m) and the Kaufungen Forest ( Haferberg ; 581 m). The Solling is a cultural landscape consisting mainly of spruce and beech forests. Oak also grows in some areas. The Solling forest
72-410: The diocese of Hildesheim . Shortly thereafter, in 1315, he provided his acquisition with town rights because the surrounding region belonged to the principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel , thus to enemies of the bishop of Hildesheim. Once given town rights, inhabitants of Dassel built a defensive wall . Town administration operated from Hunnesrück Castle , on a nearby hill. That caste was occupied by
84-484: The temperate climate zone. Dassel dates back to the year 860 when it was mentioned in a deed of the Imperial Abbey of Corvey . In 1022, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor , in another deed referred to Dassel church. By about 1113, Dassel became a base of the counts of Dassel , whose name is derived from the name of the settlement. As the county of Dassel ceased to exist in 1310, Dassel was sold to Siegfried II , bishop of
96-565: The beginning of the 20th century Dassel had 1462 inhabitants. Around 1920 the number of inhabitants amounted to 1601. During World War II the town remained undamaged. Therefore, several expellees settled in Dassel. On March 1, 1974, Dassel was merged with several other small municipalities of the Ilme valley. The new borough now covers the area of the historic County of Dassel , which ceased to exist in 1310. On 15 April 2010 Dassel and its incorporated villages had 11434 inhabitants of whom 2597 lived in
108-479: The destroyed Hunnesrück castle and the Erichsburg. Throughout those centuries, these circumstances restrained Dassel from proper development and it was thus overcome by the neighboring city of Einbeck that was founded later than Dassel. In addition, parts of the city were destroyed in fires in the 19th century. In that time, some inhabitants started to weave linen or to trade with it, while others emigrated to USA. At
120-608: The dukes of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel as a result of the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud in 1521. Duke Eric I ordered to tear down Hunnesrück castle and had the Erichsburg castle built instead. Dassel was administrated from there until 1643. As a result of the Thirty Years' War , Dassel was merged with the diocese of Hildesheim in 1643. The bishops had new administration buildings built in a place called Hunnesrück , situated between
132-411: The historic town of Dassel itself. The Gymnasium (college preparatory school) in Dassel is named after Paul Gerhardt . The other general schools are two primary schools ( elementary schools ), and a secondary school ( Realschule ), which is named after Rainald von Dassel . Dassel was the endpoint of a private railway line from Einbeck since 1883. Its length amounted to 13.1 km. In 1975,
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#1732851670484144-400: The line was closed for passenger transport, and in 2003 for goods as well. Afterwards the railway line was replaced by a bus line. The former train station which was transformed into a residential building is well preserved. Dassel is easily accessible by bus from the neighbouring towns of Einbeck and Stadtoldendorf . Ellensen Forest Ellensen Forest (German: Ellenser Wald ) is
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