EINBECK or EIMBECK, a town of Germany, in the Prus sian province of Hanover, on the Ilm, 5o m. by rail S. of Hanover. Pop. (1933) 10,085. It is an old-fashioned town with many quaint old wooden houses, notable among them the "Northeimhaus." The industries include brewing, weaving and horsehair-spinning, and the manufacture of cycles, carpets, sugar, chemicals and soap.
Einbeck grew up round the monastery of St. Alexander (founded io8o), famous for its relic of the True Blood. It is first recorded as a town in 1274, and in the 14th century was the seat of the princes of Grubenhagen, a branch of the ducal house of Brunswick. The town later joined the Hanseatic League. In the i sth century it became famous for its beer ("Eimbecker") . In 154o the Reformation was introduced by Duke Philip of Brunswick-Saltz derhelden (d. 1551), with the death of whose son Philip II. (1596) the Grubenhagen line became extinct.