Rhoden

For people with the surname, see Rhoden (surname).

Stadtteil of Osterwieck in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Rhoden

Stadtteil of Osterwieck

Location of Rhoden

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Coordinates: 52°0′54″N 10°39′23″E﻿ / ﻿52.01500°N 10.65639°E﻿ / 52.01500; 10.65639
Country| Germany
State| Saxony-Anhalt
District| Harz
Town| Osterwieck
Area

• Total

| 9.36 km2 (3.61 sq mi)
Elevation

| 125 m (410 ft)
Population

(2006-12-31)

• Total

| 464
• Density| 50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

38835

Dialling codes| 039421

Rhoden is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Osterwieck.

## History

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Rhoden was first mentioned in 1235 with Hugoldus de Roden. In 1302 the village is mentioned as Rode and in 1308 as Roden. The name means clearing, clearing site. Rhoden was laid out as a round village.[1] The tithe to be paid by Rhoden to Halberstadt Abbey is already described in a document from 1242. The monastery granted fiefs in Rhoden to noble families, such as the von Berwinkel family, who owned an episcopal fief in the village from 1311.[2]

Rhoden belonged to the diocese of Halberstadt until 1648 and then passed to the Principality of Halberstadt. The village was directly subordinate to the Hornburg office and in 1815 came under the administrative district of Magdeburg in the Prussian province of Saxony. In 1818, Rhoden had two aristocratic estates, 90 houses, 550 inhabitants, a church, a brickworks, a forester's lodge, an inn, a watermill and a windmill.[3]

From 1961, the village was located directly in the border area of the GDR and could only be reached with a special permit. Rhoden is home to several listed historical buildings. These include the Hoym manor house (1670), the pigeon tower (17th century), the village inn (1554) and St. Vitus Church from the 12th century.

On January 1, 2010, the previously independent municipalities of Rhoden, Aue-Fallstein, Berßel, Bühne, Lüttgenrode, Schauen and Wülperode merged with the town of Osterwieck to form the new town of Osterwieck.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Jürgen Udolph: Ortsnamen um Halberstadt – Zeugen der Geschichte. In: Adolf Siebrecht (Hrsg.): Geschichte und Kultur des Bistums Halberstadt 804-1648
2. ^ Adolph Friedrich Riedel: Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis. 1862, Band 22, S. 451 (Lehnsregister Halberstadt)
3. ^ Karl von Seydlitz: Der Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg: Geographisches statistisches und topographisches Handbuch, Magdeburg 1820, S. 292
4. ^ "Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 4 November 2024.

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