Bad Gandersheim
Videos
Bad Gandersheim is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Northeim. As of December 2020, it had a population of 9,492.
Bad gandersheim 2a
Marketplace. Left: Weißes Roß Hotel, centre: Zur Ecke, right: Bracken
Marketplace
Airfield
Hrotsvitha
Videos
Hrotsvitha was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is c
Bad Gandersheim
…the abbey received the market and tax rights. During the 10th century, Gandersheim was one of the most important towns of Saxony; the first German poet Hrosvit (Roswitha) lived and worked here until 973. In 1159 Gandersheim was first mentioned as a town. When a mineral spring was discovered in 1240, Pope Gregory…
Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim presents an aged emperor Otto the Great with her Gesta Oddonis, under the eyes of Abbess Gerberga. 1501 woodcut by Albrecht Dürer.
Gandersheim abbey church
Roswitha of Gandersheim
Hrotsvitha memorial in Gandersheim