Gimte is a village in the municipality of Hann. Münden

Hann. Münden

Hann. Münden is the German official name of a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. The city is located in the district of Göttingen at the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers, which join to form the river Weser. It has 28,000 inhabitants...

, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

, Germany

Germany

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, with a population of 2150 (as of December 2007) and an area of 5.01 km². The local mayor (Ortsbürgermeister) of Gimte is Peter Kazwinkel (SPD).

Location

Gimte is located to the right of the Weser stream in the Weser Valley, between Bramwald

Bramwald

The Bramwald is a range of hills up to in the Weser Uplands in Lower Saxony . It is a unique, natural, wild, hill and forest landscape...

 in the east and Reinhardswald

Reinhardswald

The Reinhardswald is a range of hills up to and covering an area of over 200 km² in the Weser Uplands in the district of Kassel, Hesse...

 in the west. The monastery area of Hilwartshausen is part of the area.

The village of Gimte can be reached by the highway B3 in the direction of Hann. Münden, Kassel

Kassel

Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...

 and Göttingen

Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...

, or by the highway L561 in the direction of Hemeln and Oberweser. The Weser Cycle Path bicycle route passes through the village.

The village of Gimte includes a hotel, a restaurant, a kiosk, a driving school

Driving school

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, a bakery and a grocery.

History

Gimte was founded in 970 as Gemmet and was the site of the Hilwartshausen monastery. The Marien-Kirche church, founded in 1006, celebrated its 1000th anniversary in 2007. Until the 1960s, timber rafting

Timber rafting

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 and fishing on the Weser was a major source of income in Gimte. Further sources of income include wood industry and processing of linen.

Sport

There are two sports teams in the village: TuSpo "Weser" Gimte and 1. FC Gimte. TuSpo was founded in 1919 and 1. FC in 1994. TuSpo has activities in football, badminton

Badminton

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, table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, children's sports, gymnastics and various free-time sports activities. 1. FC is active in football, ESDO and volleyball.