Einbeck
15km/9mi southwest of Bad Gandersheim is the little town of Einbeck, once a Hanseatic city, with remains of its old fortifications and many 16th C. half-timbered houses.
Old town
In the Markt stands the Town Hall (Rathaus; 1550-56), with a half-timbered upper floor and three slate-roofed towers. Opposite it is the Marktkirche or Jacobikirche (Market Church, St James's Church; 13th C.; west end altered in Late Baroque style). Farther north is the Münsterkirche, or Alexanderstiftskirche (14th-15th C.).
At the corner of Marktstrasse and Knochenhauerstrasse can be seen the Eickesches Haus (c. 1600), one of the town's finest half-timbered buildings.
Old town
In the Markt stands the Town Hall (Rathaus; 1550-56), with a half-timbered upper floor and three slate-roofed towers. Opposite it is the Marktkirche or Jacobikirche (Market Church, St James's Church; 13th C.; west end altered in Late Baroque style). Farther north is the Münsterkirche, or Alexanderstiftskirche (14th-15th C.).
At the corner of Marktstrasse and Knochenhauerstrasse can be seen the Eickesches Haus (c. 1600), one of the town's finest half-timbered buildings.
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Einbeck
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At the end of Marktstrasse is the Neustädtische Kirche, or Marienkirche (New Town Church, St Mary's Church; 15th-16th C.).
To the east of the town is the Gothic St Bartholomew's Chapel, with the tomb of Friedrich Sertümer (1783-1841), discoverer of morphine, who was a chemist in Einbeck from 1806 to 1820.
To the east of the town is the Gothic St Bartholomew's Chapel, with the tomb of Friedrich Sertümer (1783-1841), discoverer of morphine, who was a chemist in Einbeck from 1806 to 1820.
