Reinhausen is the largest village in the municipality (Gemeinde) Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany. It is also the seat of government for the Gleichen. The village has 1,500 residents (as of December 31, 2005). The village mayor is Ulrike Benstem.[1] The village was settled in the tenth century or earlier. Along the main road running through the village are medieval cross-in-circles carved into the massive stone hillside. Originally begun in the tenth century as a castle, the Lutheran church in the village was formerly a monastery.[2][3][4][5]
Reinhausen is largely a combination of an agricultural village and a bedroom community for the city of Göttingen, about ten kilometers to the north. There are a few stores in the village, catering to local needs. Not far from the town is the Wendebach Reservoir, a popular local lake and park.
- ^ Village council of Reinhausen on civil information website Gleichen
- ^ Website municipality Gleichen
- ^ Benediktinerkloster und Klosterkiche St. Christophorus
- ^ Arnold, Benjamin (2004). "Property, Piety, and Castles". Power and Property in Medieval Germany. pp. 150–174. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199272211.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-19-927221-1.
- ^ Müller, Ulfrid, 1970, Die Klosterkirche in Reinhausen - Sonderdruck in Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte, Vol. 9