Bischhausen (Gleichen)
Sign in to saveBischhausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony with a population of 326 (as of 1 January 2024). The village is located close to the previous border with what was the GDR and near the peaks called the Gleichen, with their castle ruins. It consists almost entirely of residences - primarily those of farmer families and of commuters to Göttingen. In addition, there is a very small village pond and the Lutheran church of St. Martin with its Late Gothic wooden sculpture. The first mention of the community was in 1152, when it was referred to as Biscopenhusen, "Bishop's ho
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Ortsteil
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Gleichen
- Elevation
- 280
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- StMartini Bischhausen.jpg
- Dialing code
- 05592
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Bischhausen (Gleichen)
- postal code
- 37130
- P8168
- Montescueia leitaoi
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Bischhausen is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen in southern Lower Saxony with a population of 326 (as of 1 January 2024). The village is located close to the previous border with what was the GDR and near the peaks called the Gleichen, with their castle ruins. It consists almost entirely of residences - primarily those of farmer families and of commuters to Göttingen. In addition, there is a very small village pond and the Lutheran church of St. Martin with its Late Gothic wooden sculpture. The first mention of the community was in 1152, when it was referred to as Biscopenhusen, "Bishop's houses."
The church was built in 1740–42 under the direction of master builder Jost Philipp.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bischhausen (Gleichen)” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations