scholarship. Imbshausen, the site of a post-World War II British sector Displaced Persons camp, was incorporated into the town in 1974. On 15 November 1992 an express train crashed into the wreckage of a derailed freight train near Northeim. Eleven people died and 52 were injured. Culture The town has a town museum and archive. There is an outdoor stage outside the town. The town is also home to a puppet theatre, Theater der Nacht, which since 2001 has been housed in a redesigned fire station. Some of the old town wall still stands, including a watchtower. Transport Hanoverian Southern Railway connects Northeim with cities like Göttingen and Hanover. Solling Railway connects Northeim with cities at the southern part of Solling-Vogler Nature Park. Northeim also provides a small grass airfield (ICAO locator code: EDVN) due east of the town. Twin towns – sister cities Northeim is twinned with: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France (formerly Tourlaville) Gallneukirchen, Austria Prudnik, Poland Inhabitants (at 31 December each year) Sights There are many well-preserved half-timbered houses in the old centre of Northeim, e.g. in Wassergasse, one of the most picturesque lanes, and in Kuhgasse, the narrowest lane of Northeim. The oldest half-timbered houses were built of oak wood in the 15th century. In many façades wood carvings are worth a look. A part of the historic centre is still surrounded by the medieval wall which was built in 1252–1305. The oldest church of Northeim is Saint Fabian's and Sebastian's Chapel which was built in a typical gothic style in the middle of the 14th century and renovated in 1985/86. Saint Sixti's Church was built from 1464 to 1517. It houses a gothic altar dating from 1420 and another altar created in the 16th century. After the church had been allocated to the Protestants in 1539 there were no Catholics living in Northeim for several decades. The first catholic church to be built after the reformation was Saint Mary's Church outside the historic town centre which was founded at the end of the 19th century. Saint Spiritus Hospital is a large half-timbered house with wood carvings built around 1500. Saint Blasii is a former monastery which was founded in the 11th century and dissolved in 1592 after the reformation. In the village of Imbshausen which was incorporated into the city in 1974 a castle built 1862–64 in a large park is worth a visit. Theater der Nacht is