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Nienover is a rural village in the Solling region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It contains one of the largest deserted medieval towns in northern Europe. Nienover is an Ortschaft of the municipality Bodenfelde, which contains the villages Nienover, Amelith and Polier. It covers an area of and has 355 inhabitants (2021), most of which in Amelith.

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Instance of
Ortsteil
Country
Germany
Located in
Bodenfelde
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Amtskrug Nienover.jpg
Dialing code
05572
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Nienover
postal code
37194
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Nienover is a rural village in the Solling region of Lower Saxony, Germany. It contains one of the largest deserted medieval towns in northern Europe. Nienover is an Ortschaft of the municipality Bodenfelde, which contains the villages Nienover, Amelith and Polier. It covers an area of and has 355 inhabitants (2021), most of which in Amelith.

== Local history == The area was used by Mesolithic hunters and gatherers. During the Neolithic period, the area was farmed. Later, during the Bronze and pre-Roman Iron Ages, there was scattered settlement. Permanent settlements came during the 8th and 9th centuries. Hethis, the site of what later became the Frankish Corvey Abbey, was founded in 815.

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