Ischenrode Explained

Ischenrode is a village in the Gemeinde Gleichen, Göttingen, Braunschweig Bezirk (district), Lower Saxony, Germany.

Its geographical coordinates are 51.4333°N 12°W. It lies SSE of Göttingen, in a valley called the Ischenröder Schweiz in the shadow of the Reinhaeuserwald, on L567, a winding little road between Bremke and Lichtenhagen (a district of Friedland).

The population in 2010 was 153.^[1]

History

The earliest record of the village is from A.D. 1168. It was next mentioned in a regional church record of A.D. 1207. The village's name has changed over time, the current form first mentioned in A.D. 1541.^[2]

On the first of January 1973, Ischenrode was incorporated into the newly formed Gemeinde Gleichen.^[3]

Economy

The community includes a mechanics' garage, an inn and a hotel.^[4]

Government

The mayor is Manfred Kuhlmann.^[5]

Organizations

• Since 2011, the Lutheran congregation^[6] has been part of a four-village congregation (Bremke, Bischhausen, Weißenborn and Ischenrode) under the name Ev. luth. Kreuzweg-Kirchengemeinde in Gleichen.^[7]
• The village has a volunteer fire department, founded in 1947.^[4]
• The Heimatverein Ischenrode e.V. was founded in 1984 to "preserve and strengthen the village community."
• There is a sports club for Ischenrode and neighboring Bremke, TSV 04 Bremke/Ischenrode e.V. Sports supported include soccer, table tennis, and bossel (road bowling). The team colors are green and white.^[8]

Postal code (PLZ)

37130

External links

• h http://www.gleichen.de/staticsite/staticsite.php?menuid=28&topmenu=19

51.4333°N 12°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gemeinde Gleichen - Ischenrode.
2. Casemir, Kirstin; Uwe Ohainski; and Jürgen Udolph (2003). "Die Ortsnamen des Landkreises Göttingen," in Udolph, Jürgen (ed.) Niedersächsisches Ortsnamensbuch (NOB). Teil IV, Verlag für Regionalgeschichte: Bielefeld., pp. 221–223.
3. Statistisches Bundesamt (ed.): . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983,, p. 208.
4. Web site: http://www.ischenrode.de/ . www.ischenrode.de . 2012-03-08.
5. http://www.gleichen.de/staticsite/staticsite2.php?menuid=4&topmenu=4&keepmenu=inactive, retrieved 2015.0824
6. Ziemann, Leopold (1978). Die Geschichte der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirchengemeinde Bremke - Aus der Geschichte von Bremke, Ischenrode, Bischhausen, Weissenborn Bremke
7. Web site: Retrieved on 2012-03-08. . 2012-03-08 . 2013-03-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130324095655/http://www.kirchenkreis-goettingen.de/gemeinden/landkreis/bremke.html . dead .
8. http://www.tsv-bremke.de/html/sportstatten.html Retrieved on 2012-03-08.