Part of town Breitenholz

The village Breitenholz was mentioned in 1544 in a document of the family von Wintzingerode, however, has existed absolutely already before. Presumably it lay long time desertly. The name is derived from „wide wood“ (vast wood) whose rests are to be found still today between the village and the neighbouring municipality of Birkungen. Breitenholz is a typical meadow village whose centre developed around the church and the meadow (with lime-tree). Later the village extended above all in east west direction. The today's church was established in 1695, the tower later tilled. The altar comes from the minster of the Franciscans in Worbis. Width wood is a place of pilgrimage since 1655. It is revered the believers a mercy picture from the 15th century which Maria with the child shows. The pilgrimage takes place to the party „Mariä of disaster“, on Sunday before or after the 2nd of July.
Places of interest are beside the monument protected church houses, the water elevated tank in the end of the town after Leinefelde as well as the village meadow with meadow lime-tree. The small municipality has produced some personalities. So among other things: Franziskanerpatres Redemtus (Johannes Kullmann in 1869 – in 1957), Eugenius (Karl Kullmann in 1870 – in 1922), Nikolas Beykirch (1886 - 1954) member of the Oblatenordens who worked from 1925-1939 as a missionary in South Africa.