Bad Gandersheim (DE)

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Bad Gandersheim is a town (9,823 inhabitants end 2018) in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district of Northeim. As of December 2008, it had a population of 10,572.

Bad Gandersheim has many half-timbered houses and is located on the German Timber-Frame Road (German: Deutsche Fachwerkstraße). The town contains an airport as well.

The town of Bad Gandersheim lies between the Leine Uplands, Weser Uplands, and Harz Foreland in the valley of the Gande River, into which its tributary, the Eterna, empties within the town's territory. To the north lies the Heber Ridge. The borough is predominantly hilly. The Harz Mountains begin about 10 km east of the town, and 5 km to the west is the Leine Graben (German: Leinegraben).


Postmark in Unified-Germany


Meter cancels

Bad Gandersheim 1994
Bad Gandersheim 1994

Allied Occupied Germany

Belonging to RPD Braunschweig, PLZ 20b, in the British Zone

Town Promotion Cancel (Ortswerbestempel) BAD GANDERSHEIM Heilbad Roswithastätte am Harz 17.7.45.-7, earliest reported post war usage, denazified with swastikas removed
Town Promotion Cancel (Ortswerbestempel) BAD GANDERSHEIM Heilbad Roswithastätte am Harz 24.4.46.-18 denazified with swastikas removed

Postmark in German Empire

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Postmark in North German Confederation

Since 1 January 1868.

Postmark of Brunswick

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