Göhrde

Municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany

Location of Göhrde within Lüchow-Dannenberg district

53°09′N 10°53′E / 53.150°N 10.883°E / 53.150; 10.883CountryGermanyStateLower SaxonyDistrictLüchow-Dannenberg Municipal assoc.ElbtalaueSubdivisions12 OrtsteileGovernment

• MayorDietmar Harlfinger (FDP)Area

• Total40.71 km² (15.72 sq mi)Elevation

77 m (253 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[1]

• Total588 • Density14/km² (37/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

29473

Dialling codes05862Vehicle registrationDAN

Göhrde is a municipality in the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The municipality was named after the Göhrde State Forest, which has an area of about 75 square kilometres (29 sq mi), famous for its oaks, beeches and game preserves. The Göhrde Hunting Lodge situated in the forest was built in 1689 and was restored by Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. It is known to history on account of the constitution of Gohrde, promulgated here in 1719.^[2]

It is also notable for the Battle of the Göhrde on 16 September 1813 during the War of the Sixth Coalition, in which Allied forces under Wallmoden defeated the French forces commanded by Pécheux.^[2]

References

^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Göhrde". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 191.