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Süpplingenburg
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Location of Süpplingenburg within Helmstedt district
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Coordinates: 52°15′N 10°55′E / 52.250°N 10.917°E / 52.250; 10.917
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictHelmstedt
Municipal assoc.Nord-Elm
Government
 • MayorDieter Eckner
Area
 • Total14.30 km (5.52 sq mi)
Elevation114 m (374 ft)
Population
 • Total648
 • Density45/km (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes38376
Dialling codes05355
Vehicle registrationHE
Websitewww.samtgemeinde-nord-elm.de

Süpplingenburg is a municipality in the district of Helmstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is part of the collective municipality (Samtgemeinde) of Nord-Elm.

Süpplingburg Commenthurey, engraving by Matthäus Merian, about 1650

The village developed next to a 10th-century water castle at the Schunter river, probably erected by the Counts of Haldensleben who then held the office of margraves of the Northern March. Gertrud von Haldensleben's daughter, Hedwig of Formbach, married Count Gebhard of Supplinburg. Until 1173 the castle was the seat of the Counts of Supplinburg, among them Gebhard's son Emperor Lothair III of Supplinburg.

Lothair had a collegiate church and cloister built within the Supplinburg palace about 1130. In 1173 his grandson Henry the Lion granted Süpplingenburg to the Knights Templar order, from which it fell to the Knights Hospitaller in 1357. It remained a commandry (Komturei) of the Order of Saint John until in 1820 it was finally mediatised to the Duchy of Brunswick. The castle was demolished about 1875, while the St John Church survived, today a stop at the scenic Romanesque Road.

  • St. John Church St. John Church
  • St. John Church St. John Church

Transportation

Süpplingenburg can be reached via the Bundesstraße 1 federal highway at Süpplingen or the Bundesautobahn 2 at the Rennau junction. Train service of the Brunswick-Magdeburg railway line is available at Helmstedt.

References

  1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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