Göhrde

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Göhrde is a small municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany, in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district. It is named after the Göhrde State Forest, a large wood of about 75 square kilometres known for oaks, beeches and wildlife. The Göhrde Hunting Lodge in the forest was built in 1689 and later restored by Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover. The area is historically notable for the Gohrde Constitution, proclaimed here in 1719, and for the Battle of Göhrde on 16 September 1813, when Allied forces under Wallmoden defeated French troops led by Pécheux during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Göhrde covers about 40.8 square kilometres, sits at around 77 metres above sea level, and has a small population of about 559 people (as of 2023).