Liebenburg

Liebenburg
Liebenburg Castle
Liebenburg
Location of Liebenburg within Goslar district
Coordinates	52°01′27″N 10°26′2″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Goslar
subdivisions	10 districts
Mayor	Hubert Spaniol (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	78.73 km2 (30.40 sq mi)
Elevation	128 m  (420 ft)
Population	8,777 (31 December 2010)
- Density	111 /km2 (289 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	GS
Postal code	38704
Area code	05346
Website	www.liebenburg.de

Liebenburg is a village and a municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated within the eastern Innerste Uplands, approx. 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Goslar.

Geography

City subdivisions

• Dörnten (1,475 inhabitants)
• Groß Döhren (1,134 inhabitants)
• Heißum (384)
• Klein Döhren (499)
• Klein Mahner (372)
• Liebenburg (2,729)
• Neuenkirchen (268)
• Ostharingen (314)
• Othfresen (2,302) with Heimerode and Posthof
• Upen (448)

History

Liebenburg Castle was erected in the late 13th century by the Bishops of Hildesheim as the seat of the local administration (Amt). It was occupied by Duke Henry V the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfebüttel in 1523, who in turn lost it to the Schmalkaldic League from 1542 until 1547. Heavily damaged in the Thirty Years' War, the castle was restored to Hildesheim and rebuilt in a Baroque style by the order of Prince-Bishop Clemens August of Bavaria from 1750 on.

Demographics

Population statistics

Year Inhabitants 1821 4,464 1848 5,710 1871 5,737 1885 5,727 1905 6,535 1925 6,375

Year Inhabitants 1933 6,167 1939 8,206 1946 13,208 1950 13,700 1956 12,279

Year Inhabitants 1961 11,687 1968 11,143 1970 10,982 1975 10,405 1980 9,851

Year Inhabitants 1985 9,502 1990 9,655 1995 9,803 2000 9,693 2005 9,431

Politics

Town council

2006 local elections:

• SPD: 14 seats
• CDU: 10 seats

External links

• Liebenburg at the Open Directory Project