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. At the end of Marktstrasse is the Neustädtische Kirche, or Marienkirche