Einbeck

Einbeck
Street with timbered houses in Einbeck
Einbeck
Location of the town of Einbeck within Northeim district
Coordinates	51°49′N 9°52′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Northeim
Mayor	Ulrich Minkner (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	165.94 km2 (64.07 sq mi)
Elevation	112 m  (367 ft)
Population	26,426 (31 December 2010)
- Density	159 /km2 (412 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	NOM
Postal code	37574
Area codes	05561, 05562
Website	www.einbeck-online.de

Einbeck is a town in the district Northeim, in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the German Timber-Frame Road.

Economy

Einbeck is famous for its 600 year old beer brewery, home of Einbecker Bier, the origin for the term Bock beer. It is believed to be one of the oldest breweries in Germany.

Notable persons

Einbeck is the birthplace of Henry Mühlenberg, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1742 and became the patriarch of the Muhlenberg family dynasty as well as the founder of the Lutheran church in the American colonies. Friedrich Sertürner, discoverer of morphine (1804), opened his first pharmacy here.

GAPP

For many years, the city's high school has had an exchange program, known as GAPP or German-American Partnership Program, with Roy High School and Ogden High School (Utah) in Utah. Every other year Einbeck students fly to Roy in October to spend two weeks with host families and attend Roy and Ogden High School's. After their two-week stay the German students travel to places in the US such as Moab, Las Vegas and California. The Roy and Ogden High students visit Einbeck every other year during their summer break.

Since 2002, Einbeck has been a partner city with Keene, New Hampshire, USA. A delegation of high school football (soccer) players, coaches and city officials visited Keene on July 1, 2010 and spent a week touring the city, playing exhibition games and watching the World Cup with their contemporaries.

Main sights

• Medieval market place with Old Town Hall and Market Church
• Eickesches House with unique carved ornamental timber-framing
• Tiedexer Strasse, a comprehensive row of timber-framed houses (16th century)
• City wall with towers (14th century)

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  Medieval Town Hall

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  Tiedexer Strasse

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  Timbered houses (17th cent.)

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  City wall

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

External links

• Official site (German)
• Website of the brewery (German)
• 800 photos of Einbeck