Eberholzen

Eberholzen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany.

The first mention of the village, which was originally called Eilbereholthusen, was in a document which was written in 1240.

[1] According to this document Eberholzen was tributary to a monastery in the nearby village of Escherde.

According to a legend, it belonged to Ritter von Eberhardt, a knight who was banned and not buried on the cemetery of Eberholzen.

Several well-preserved half-timbered houses are sightworthy in the middle of the village.

Half-timbered houses in the village center.
Village shop.
Protestant church.
Stone coffin at the church.
Half-timbered houses in the village center.