Emmerke is a part of the municipality

Municipality

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 of Giesen

Giesen

Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.The municipality includes five villages:* Ahrbergen...

 in the district

District

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 of Hildesheim

Hildesheim

Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, in north-western Germany

Northern Germany

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Geography

Emmerke is approx.6 km of the district town Hildesheim

Hildesheim

Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...

 and 25 km from the state capital Hanover

Nearby Cities and Towns to the nearest nautical mile.

The international standard definition is: 1 nautical mile = 1852 metres exactly
One nautical mile converts to:
1.1507794 geographical mile [1]
1.852 km (exact)
1.150779 mile (statute)
2025.372 yard
6076.1155 feet
1 meridian arc

Meridian arc

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 minute at sea-level surface distance

West of Emmerke is Barnten (2.1 nm)and Sarstedt (3.1 nm)

North of Emmerke is Gross Giesen (1.2 nm) Giesen

Giesen

Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.The municipality includes five villages:* Ahrbergen...

 (1.6 nm)

East of Emmerke is Himmelsthur (2.1 nm) Gross Escherde (1.2 nm)

South of Emmerke is Sorsum (2.1 nm)

Description

Emmerke has 1,752 inhabitants as of May 2004. It is about 6 km away from the district town of Hildesheim and 25 km from the state

States of Germany

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 capital of Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

. History

History

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 documents that the village

Village

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 of Emmerke is the oldest settlement in the area. It was named in 854

854

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 in a goods inventory of the monastery

Monastery

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 of Corvey under the place name of Anmarki in Scotelingen.

Also the Hildesheimer church was built in Emmerke. Some early documents were lost and brought back by Bishop

Bishop

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 Hezel

Hezel of Hildesheim

Hezel of Hildesheim, also known as Hezilo, Hezelo, Hettilo or Ethilo , was Bishop of Hildesheim from 1054 to 1079.- Life :...

 (1054–1179). The foundation charter of the Godehardiklosters of 1146 states the name comes from Embrike and was modified in 1250 and 1251 to read 'Embreke'.
Embrike belonged to Kleinen pin Hildesheim and thus to the few predominantly catholic municipalities in the eastern Lower Saxony.