At the edge of the forest, an erratic boulder with the inscription "Grave field of the Bronze Age, approx.

The site is one of the protected archaeological cultural monuments in the district of Peine in the Heers (this is the neighboring, northwest forest section) and in Gräwig (northeast of the village of Klein Ilsede).

From now on, iron ore mining and blast furnace operations shaped the world of work and the economy.

Adenstedt, Gadenstedt, Groß Lafferde, Münstedt and Oberg have been part of the municipality of Ilsede since then.

at 21,308 (as of January 1, 2015) Erkanbald (before 982-1021), Abbot of Fulda and Archbishop of Mainz, probably born in Ölsburg Joachim Vinzelberg, pastor in Münstedt (1654) and hymn writer Ernst Christoph Böttcher (1697-1766), merchant and founder of the royal school teacher seminar and patron, was born in Groß Lafferde Johann Peter Hundeniker (1751-1836), educator and ducal Brunswick school board, born in Groß Lafferde Julius Hundeniker (1784-1854), Lutheran clergyman and novelist, born in Groß Lafferde Wilhelm Theodor Hundeniker (1786-1828), educator and philologist, born in Groß Lafferde Fritz Behrens (1836-1920), industrialist and philanthropist, born in Groß Lafferde Friedrich Cramm (1874-1942), farmer, politician (DVP) and Member of the Reichstag, born in Groß Lafferde Wilhelm Kleemann (1885-1956), educator, politician (SPD) and senator in Bremen, born in Groß Lafferde Paul Steegemann (1894-1956), publisher, born in Groß Lafferde Bruno Brandes (1910-1985), politician (CDU) Wilhelm Baumgarten (1913-1996), politician (SPD), born in Groß Lafferde Will Brandes (1928-1990), pop singer, born in Münstedt Gerhard Ahrens (* 1932), football player, born in Oberg Dieter Warzecha (1934-2005), artist, lived and worked in Groß Ilsede Klaus G. Troitzsch (* 1946), sociologist, born in Oberg Hartmut Möllring (* 1951), politician (CDU), born in Groß Ilsede Annette Sabban (1953-2019), language and translation scientist, born in Klein Bülten Uwe Schrader (* 1954), director and professor of artistic film at the University of Hildesheim, was born in Groß Bülten Erwin Skamrahl (* 1958), athlete and Olympic athlete, born in Oberg Personalities related to the city Friedrich Brandis (1775-1854), Lutheran theologian, consistorial councilor and general superintendent Luise Rosendorf (1821–1890), cookbook author E wald Hecker (entrepreneur) (1879–1954), chairman of the Ilseder Hütte supervisory board and SS brigade leader Wolfgang Marzahn (1911-1988), Lutheran theologian and author Rosemarie Tinius (* 1945), businesswoman, teacher in Ilsede (1970-1994), politician (SPD) Caren Miosga (* 1969), TV presenter for ARD Tagesthemen since 2007, grew up in Groß Ilsede Herma Auguste Wittstock (* 1977), performance artist, grew up in Ölsburg Media related to Ilsede at Wikimedia Commons