Erkerode
Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Erkerode within Wolfenbüttel district
52°13′N 10°42′E / 52.217°N 10.700°E / 52.217; 10.700
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Erkerode is a small village and a community in the District of Wolfenbüttel, in the south-east of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is nearly 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) south-east of Braunschweig. The Elm, a range of forested hills, is close by.
The town of Erkerode was first mentioned in historic documents in 1175 (Erikeroth). The village belonged to the noble family of Veltheim since the 12th century. It was part of the court of Destedt. There are still many medieval farm houses of various types to be seen in the village today.
See also
References
- ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
External links
- Media related to Erkerode at Wikimedia Commons
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Towns and municipalities in Wolfenbüttel (district)
- Baddeckenstedt
- Börßum
- Burgdorf
- Cramme
- Cremlingen
- Dahlum
- Denkte
- Dettum
- Dorstadt
- Elbe
- Erkerode
- Evessen
- Flöthe
- Haverlah
- Hedeper
- Heere
- Heiningen
- Kissenbrück
- Kneitlingen
- Ohrum
- Remlingen-Semmenstedt
- Roklum
- Schladen-Werla
- Schöppenstedt
- Sehlde
- Sickte
- Uehrde
- Vahlberg
- Veltheim
- Winnigstedt
- Wittmar
- Wolfenbüttel
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