Immenrode
District of Goslar in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Immenrode is a German village and Stadtteil (district) of the town of Goslar, Lower Saxony. The village is located approximately 5 kilometers west of Vienenburg, 7 kilometers northeast of Goslar, and 20 kilometers south of Braunschweig. Immenrode lies south of some small, wooded ridges in a flat area a few kilometres north of the Harz.
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| Coordinates: 51.95875°N 10.48419°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Goslar |
| City | Goslar |
| Area | |
| 10.07 km2 (3.89 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 181 m (594 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metro | 1,607 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 38690 |
| Dialling codes | 05324 |
| Website | immenro |
History
The place name belongs to the so-called Rodungsnamen and indicates that, as with many toponyms ending in -rode, was built on a plot of land, originally woods or heath, cleared to make room for cultivation or pasture. The suffix -rode stems from the Germanic verb ryddan, which means "to remove", "to clear" or "to rid". The prefix immen- is common in place names, field names and also in personal names. It likely recalls the name of the founder of the settlement, perhaps an Immo.[1][2]
The village was first mentioned in 1086 in a document in which Emperor Henry IV transferred the Royal Palace of Werla to Bishop Udo of Hildesheim, along with villas Immenrothe et Jehthere (probably referring to Gitter near Salzgitter).[1] In the Middle Ages, the Counts of Woldenberg, the Neuwerk monastery and Count Gerhard of Holstein-Itzehoe owned property here. Immenrode has been a church village since the Middle Ages; the Wöltingerode Abbey held the patronage for several centuries.
