Liebenburg is a village and a municipality in the district of Goslar

Goslar (district)

Goslar is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Osterode, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia .-History:The history of the district is linked with the city of Goslar.The district of Goslar...

, in 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

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is situated within the eastern Innerste Uplands

Innerste Uplands

The Innerste Uplands is a landscape region up to 359 m high and covering an area of over 900 km² in the northern part of the German Central Uplands...

, approx. 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Goslar

Goslar

Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.-Geography:Goslar is situated at the...

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City subdivisions

• Dörnten (1,475 inhabitants)
• Groß Döhren (1,134 inhabitants)
• Heißum (384)
• Klein Döhren (499)
• Klein Mahner (372)
• Liebenburg (2,729)
• Neuenkirchen (268)
• Ostharingen (314)
• Othfresen (2,302) with Heimerode and Posthof
• Upen (448)

History

Liebenburg Castle was erected in the late 13th century by the Bishops of Hildesheim

Bishopric of Hildesheim

The Diocese of Hildesheim is a diocese or ecclesiastical territory of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in Germany. Founded in 815 as a missionary diocese by King Louis the Pious, his son Louis the German appointed the famous former archbishop of Rheims, Ebbo, as bishop...

 as the seat of the local administration (Amt). It was occupied by Duke Henry V the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfebüttel

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry , Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, called the Younger, was Prince of Wolfenbüttel from 1514 until his death...

 in 1523, who in turn lost it to the Schmalkaldic League

Schmalkaldic League

The Schmalkaldic League was a defensive alliance of Lutheran princes within the Holy Roman Empire during the mid-16th century. Although originally started for religious motives soon after the start of the Protestant Reformation, its members eventually intended for the League to replace the Holy...

 from 1542 until 1547. Heavily damaged in the Thirty Years' War

Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....

, the castle was restored to Hildesheim and rebuilt in a Baroque

Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...

 style by the order of Prince-Bishop Clemens August of Bavaria

Clemens August of Bavaria

Clemens August of Bavaria was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty of Bavaria and Archbishop-Elector of Cologne.-Biography:...

 from 1750 on.

Demographics

EWLINE Year Inhabitants 1821 4,464 1848 5,710 1871 5,737 1885 5,727 1905 6,535 1925 6,375		Year	Inhabitants
1933	6,167
1939	8,206
1946	13,208
1950	13,700
1956	12,279

Year Inhabitants 1961 11,687 1968 11,143 1970 10,982 1975 10,405 1980 9,851 Year Inhabitants 1985 9,502 1990 9,655 1995 9,803 2000 9,693 2005 9,431

Town council

2006 local elections:

• SPD
  Social Democratic Party of Germany
  The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
  
  : 14 seats
• CDU
  Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
  The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
  
  : 10 seats