Holle Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Holle.png
Coordinates:52.0917°N 10.1583°W
Image Plan:Holle in HI.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Hildesheim
Elevation:116
Area:61.25
Gemeindeschlüssel:03254022
Postal Code:31188
Area Code:05062
Licence:HI
Website:www.holle.de
Mayor:Falk-Olaf Hoppe[1]
Leader Term:2021 - 26
Party:CDU

Holle (pronounced as /de/) is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km southeast of Hildesheim, and 15 km west of Salzgitter. It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller Red Storm Rising.

One of the villages in this municipality is Derneburg . The castle there, Schloss Derneburg , is since 2007 the site of one out of two modern art museums of the Hall Art Foundation. A famous German artist, Georg Baselitz, had lived and worked in this castle from 1975 until 2006.

In the tiny village of Söder, 7 km south of Holle, a baroque castle housed a famous art collection, owned by the Von Brabeck family, until is was sold at a remarkable auction in 1859.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021. 13 October 2021. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.