Bierde
State:	Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...
District:	Heidekreis
Collective municipality:	Rethem Rethem Rethem is a town in the Heidekreis in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Aller, approx. 25 km southwest of Bad Fallingbostel, and 18 km southeast of Verden... /Aller
Area: (excluding outer areas)	ca. 14 km²
Population;	ca. 350
Post code:	29693
Dial code:	05164
Car number plate code:	SFA
Mayor:	Heinz-Wilhelm Korte

Bierde is a village in the municipality of Böhme, Lower Saxony

Böhme, Lower Saxony

Böhme is a municipality in the Heidekreis district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.-Subdivisions:The four subdivisions in the municipality are:*Böhme*Bierde*Altenwahlingen*Kirchwahlingen...

, that is part of Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

.

Bierder Burg

Near the lake, known as the Bierder See, is a wood in which the ruins of an old castle are located. There are the remnants of five ditches that acted as a defence against enemies. The castle itself was intended to control the river Aller

Aller

The Aller is a river, long, in the states of Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony in Germany. It is a right-hand, and hence eastern, tributary of the River Weser and is also its largest tributary. Its last form the Lower Aller federal waterway...

, which passes it at a distance of about 100 metres.

Legends

There are many legends about Bierde. The Karlsberg (the highest point in Bierde) is especially shrouded in legend. One of them tells of two giants that fought and hurled stones at each other. These stones then formed the Karlsberg.

Another story tells of when the emperor Charlemagne

Charlemagne

Charlemagne was King of the Franks from 768 and Emperor of the Romans from 800 to his death in 814. He expanded the Frankish kingdom into an empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800...

 (German: Karl der Große), stayed there, which is why the hill is named after him.

Dorfhaus

In the centre of the village is the Dorfhaus ("village house"), the old village school.