| Type: | Ortsteil |
| Municipality: | Bad Grund |
| Image Coa: | DEU Gittelde COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 51.8003°N 10.1875°W |
| State: | Niedersachsen |
| District: | Göttingen |
| Elevation: | 190 |
| Area: | 12.55 |
| Population: | 1926 |
| Stand: | 2011-12-31 |
| Postal Code: | 37534 |
| Area Code: | 05327 |
| Licence: | OHA |
| Website: | www.gittelde.de |
Gittelde is a village and a former municipality in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 March 2013, it is part of the municipality Bad Grund.
Gittelde was founded in the 10th century. In a document dating from 953 the place was mentioned for the first time, and a few years later market and mint rights were awarded in 965.[1]
There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the center of the town, e.g. in Breite Strasse street, a comparatively broad street which might have been an oblong market as the town has never had a rectangular market place like other market towns. Lange Straße is another historic street with traditional half-timbered houses. Some houses have doors with colourful wood carvings.
St. Mauritius Church, which was founded in the Middle Ages, has a neoromanic nave dating from the 19th century. Its spire was built in a baroque style around 1700. Inside the church a gothic altar with wood carvings can be seen.[2] St. Johannes Church which was possibly founded in the 10th century has a spire dating from 1660.[3]
The railway station of Gittelde on the Herzberg–Seesen railway line is a historic wooden building in the southeast of the town.
The ruins of Stauffenburg Castle are worth a visit as well. The castle was founded shortly after 1050. It was used as a prison until 1778 and as a quarry afterwards.[4]