Achim

Achim is a municipality and the largest city inside the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located at the right financial institution of the Weser, approx. 17 km northwest of Verden and 16 km southeast of Bremen. The first recorded mention of Achim got here in 1091 as Arahem. The controlling heights of the Linden Mountains, south of Bremen, on which the old Arahem leaned, were a cult and court region. Achim turned into a assembly region of Old Saxon courts.

The court docket met 3 instances annually. The Christian missionaries erected a baptismal church in Achim inside the 12th century; it was the predecessor of St. Laurentius Church in Achim, constructed in 1257. Then it belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In the route of the War on Lunenburg an Succession 1370 to 1388 Achim changed into set on hearth in 1381 because of the fights between Duke Albrecht of Saxe-Wittenberg, Duke-designate of Brunswick and Lunenburg, and the Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Albert II, titular Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg.