Gandersheim Abbey was founded in 852 by the Saxon Count Liudolf. An imperial abbey from the 13th century until its dissolution in 1810, it hosted a community of women from noble families who lived secular lives without having to take perpetual vows. The abbey is famous to have been the living place of Hrotsvita of Gandersheim, a poetess and first Germanic author of the Ottonian Renaissance (930 - 1030).
The Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche is a reproduction of the Borgund stave church built between 1907 and 1908. During a study trip to Norway, the architect Karl Mohrmann saw staves churches and, inspired by them, he decided to reproduce one in Germany, arguing that this type of church existed throughout the entire region of North Germany at the beginning of Christianization.
The Church of the Market of the Holy Spirit is the largest wooden church in Germany and, because of its architecture and furnishings, it is one of the most important architectural monuments of the Baroque period in North Germany. The church was built between 1639 and 1642 entirely of oak and spruce wood. The building is covered with wooden sleepers and has been repainted in its original blue colour since 2013.
The Neuwerkkirche is one of the most important Romanesque churches in the Harz Mountains. It was founded in the 12th century by the then imperial bailiff Volkmar and his wife Helena as the collegiate church "St. Maria in horto" (St. Mary in the Rose Garden).
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