Etzenborn is a village in the Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

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 Gemeinde Gleichen

Gleichen, Lower Saxony

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, Germany

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The agricultural village had 222 inhabitants on the last day of 2005. The village, called Eghenburnen in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, before it was abandoned, was rebuilt around 1534
. The village lies in a valley surrounded by the forested hills Stadtberg, Hunoldsberg, Gehlenberg, Silberberg

Silberberg

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, Klafterberg, and das Rote Ufer. The fields and hills are traversed by farm roads and paths.

The village lies on Kreisstrasse 44. The nearest large city is Göttingen

Göttingen

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, the Landkreis capital, about 25 km to the north-west by road, with Duderstadt

Duderstadt

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 just 12 km to the north-east and Heiligenstadt

Heiligenstadt

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the same distance south.

The mayor is Dietmar Müller.

Community organizations include Schützenverein e.V. 1924, a mixed chours, a sports club, and volunteer fire fighters.

External links

• Official community site (German): http://www.etzenborn.de/index.html
• Map of the area including the village: http://www.goettingen.city-map.de/city/db/010908000001/20641/Gleichen_-_Etzenborn.html
• Google zoomable aerial photo: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.467+10.150+(Etzenborn)&ll=51.467,10.150&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en