Stadtoldendorf Explained

Type:	Stadt
Image Coa:	Wappen Stadtoldendorf.png
Coordinates:	51.8833°N 46°W
Image Plan:	Stadtoldendorf in HOL.svg
State:	Niedersachsen
District:	Holzminden
Samtgemeinde:	Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf
Elevation:	221
Area:	24.86
Postal Code:	37627
Area Code:	05532
Licence:	HOL
Gemeindeschlüssel:	03 2 55 034
Website:	www.stadtoldendorf.de
Mayor:	Helmut Affelt

Stadtoldendorf is a town in the center of the Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stadtoldendorf is the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Eschershausen-Stadtoldendorf.

Government

Allocation of seats in the local council electoral period 2006-2011:

• CDU: 10
• SPD: 5
• Grünen: 1
• FDP: 1

Culture

Museums

• Stadtmuseum im Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus
• Freilichtmuseum Mühlenanger

Buildings

• Försterbergturm, from the 13th century
• Hagentorturm
• Kellbergturm
• Homburg castle, above old village
• Altes Rathaus (from 1875)
• Ratskeller (from 1621)
• Charlotte-Leitzen-Haus

Notable people

• Kurt Matzdorf (1922 – 2008), metalsmith, professor^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 6, 2009. Deaths: Matzdorf, Kurt. 2021-06-29. The New York Times. en. 0362-4331.