Söhlde is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km east of Hildesheim, and 10 km northwest of Salzgitter. Notable residents Gottfried von Cramm (1909-1976), German tennis player Otto Ohlendorf (1907-1951, executed), SS general and Holocaust perpetrator, executed for war crimes References Hildesheim (district)