Verden, Oklahoma
Verden is located in western Grady County at (35.083762, -98.088790). It is on U.S. Highway 62 and State Highway 9, west of Chickasha, the county seat, and east of Anadarko.
Massacre of Verden
An entry for the year 782 in the first version of the "Royal Frankish Annals" ("Annales Regni Francorum") records a Saxon rebellion, followed by a Frankish victory in the battle of the Süntel before Charlemagne arrived and put down the rebellion. Charlemagne ordered the execution of 4,500 Saxons near the confluence of the Aller and the Weser, in what is now Verden. Regarding the massacre, the entry reads: