Rittmarshausen

Rittmarshausen is a nucleated village in the municipality (Gemeinde) Gleichen in the district Göttingen, Germany.

The village of 776 residents (as of December 31, 2005)[1] is primarily agricultural and home of people working in Göttingen.

[5] The Rittmarshausen "Palace" (Das Rittmarshäuser Schloss) replaced a castle first built in AD 1541 in the early 18th century, being completed in 1716.

[1] A brewery was established in the Rittmarshausen Palace in 1852, but production of alcohol was discontinued in the first part of the 20th century.

[6] Toward the end of the 19th century, a narrow-gauge railway linking the Gartetal to Goettingen was built.