# Bodenburg

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**Bodenburg** is a village in [Lower Saxony](/source/Lower_Saxony), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is located about 20 km south of [Hildesheim](/source/Hildesheim), and about 5 km from [Bad Salzdetfurth](/source/Bad_Salzdetfurth). The community has a population of 1,814 (2021).[1]

## Overview

A castle with a moat and a stand-alone tower was built on the site c. 1000 AD, and the castle was soon accompanied by a village of half-timbered houses arranged in the shape of a T. The oldest document referring to Bodenburg was produced by the [bishop of Hildesheim](/source/Bishop_of_Hildesheim) in 1142. The castle was the seat of a family of barons who supplemented their income with the salt of Salzdetfurth. In 1359 the Baron von Bodenburg became a vassal of the Duke of [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig). It was mentioned in Tom Clancy's bestseller [Red Storm Rising](/source/Red_Storm_Rising). In last century up to today the family von Cramm owned the Bodenburg castle. Thereof Gottfried von Cramm was a famous tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s playing at Wimbledon and French Open games. His tennis training ground still exists in the parc around the castle of Bodenburg.

## References

1. ["Die Stadt Bad Salzdetfurth und ihre Ortsteile"](https://www.bad-salzdetfurth.de/Vorgestellt/Stadtportrait/Die-Ortsteile). Stadt Bad Salzdetfurth. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

## External links

- (in German) [Bodenburg Homepage](http://www.bodenburg.info/index.html)

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