Holle | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Holle
within Hildesheim district | |
 Location of Holle | |
Holle Holle | |
| Coordinates: 52°05′30″N 10°09′30″E / 52.09167°N 10.15833°E / 52.09167; 10.15833 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Hildesheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–26) | Falk-Olaf Hoppe1 (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 61.25 km2 (23.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 116 m (381 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 6,561 |
| • Density | 107.1/km2 (277.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 31188 |
| Dialling codes | 05062 |
| Vehicle registration | HI |
| Website | www.holle.de |
Holle (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔlə]) 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.
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Interior of Saint Martin's Church, Holle -
Castle of Derneburg; in the foreground museum and café Glass House -
West wing of Derneburg Castle -
The Mariensee, one of the Derneburg Fishing Ponds -
Wohldenberg Castle near Sillium, south of Holle (1) -
Wohldenberg Castle (2) -
Bergfried Oberburg, a tower near this castle -
Baroque St.-Hubert' s Church near Wohldenberg Castle -
Lutheran St. Matthew's Church, Sillium -
Henneckenrode Castle -
Roman Catholic St. Joseph' s Church near this castle (built in 1597) -
Baroque Söder Castle -
Aerial image of Schloss Söder (view from the south)