Groß Ellershausen

The village lies on highway B3, west of the southern part of the city proper, separated from it and the River Leine by the Autobahn A7.

[1] From the village, running north and then through the forest is a bicycle- cum foot-path built on the old Hannöversche Südbahn railway line.

As long ago as the early neolithic, the present area of the village held settlements, as witnessed by the large number of LBK findings[1] The earliest written record of the village is from the year 989 in the Traditiones Corbeyenses of the Corvey Abbey (III § B 115b), where it is called "Aliershusun".

[1] By this time, bus service and possession of personal automobiles were commonplace and extensive, and a significant proportion of the villagers were commuters to work or school in nearby Göttingen.

In 1932, the village had the word Gross added to it, to distinguish it from Ellershausen vor dem Walde near Hanover.

Administratively, the church is part of the Sprengel Hildesheim-Göttingen der Evangelisch-lutherischen Landeskirche Hannovers.

St. Martin's Church in Groß Ellershausen, the steeple was built in the 10th or 11th century.