  northeim is a town in lower saxony, germany, seat of the district of northeim, with, in 2011, a population of 29,000. it lies on the german half-timbered house road. ==history==  thumb|castle of imbshausen northeim is first mentioned in 800 in a document recording a property transfer by a frankish nobleman to the abbey of fulda. in the 10th century the surrounding region became a county, administered by the counts of northeim. the first of them, siegfried is mentioned in 982. from 1061 to 1070 count otto ii held the stem duchy of bavaria as an imperial fief, but lost it again because of his involvement in the saxon plot against king henry iv. the monastery of st. blasius was founded around 1100. in 1252 northeim obtained town rights, and from 1384 to 1554 it was a member of the hanseatic league. when protestantism was introduced in 1532 all the churches were allocated to the protestants. the town became part of the kingdom of hanover. a part of northeim was devastated by a fire i
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