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At the Peiner Schlossberg , immediately north of the market place, was the overgrown Amtmann- Ziegler- Garten until the year 1998 situated. It was thought, that relicts from the former Peiner castle were under the soil.�

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Many legends are entwined around the fortified castle as one didn't know a lot about the building. It had been reconstructed numerous times and was pulled finally in 1816.

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It is not known when the Peine castle was founded or built. It was first recorded in the year 1130.

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Beginning of the 13th-century, Gunzelin von Wolfenbüttel took over Peine manor. He founded next to the castle an urban settlement in the year 1223. Today's Peine developed from there.