Alfeld

Alfeld is a metropolis in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located at the Leine River, it's miles the second biggest metropolis in the district of Hildesheim in southern Lower Saxony and a part of the Metropolitan area Hannover-Braunschweig Gottingen Wolfsburg. Alfeld is a member of the Leineberg land place and on the German Timber-Frame Road. With the Fagus Factory Alfeld has turn out to be a UNESCO World Heritage website online in 2011. The town becomes founded before 1214, with the name Alvelde recorded in , 1221 and . In 1426, Alfeld joined the Saxon League of Towns, accordingly becoming an oblique member of the Hanseatic League.

The town was one of the smallest towns in the Hanseatic League, but had end up rich inside the fourteenth and 15th century thru its trade in beer, hops, linen, and yarn. Alfeld in the beginning belonged to the Diocese of Hildesheim, however turned into transferred to the Principality of BrunswickWolfenbuttel after the Hildesheim Diocesan Feud 1519 to 1523. In retrospect, this Brunswick duration constituted Alfeld's Golden Age, its financial system and tradition flourishing before the Thirty Years' War.