Lengefeld (Anrode)

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Lengefeld is a municipality in the northeastern part of the Anrode Unstrut Hainich in Thuringia. From January 1st 1997 Lengefeld lost the status of an independent municipality.

The place name Lengefeld (also Melschlengefeld of Milchlengefeld ) is easy to be confused with only about 20 km away Lengenfeld under stone (stone Lengenfeld ) with the same postal code 99976th By Lengefeld the river Luhne, which flows with buntings in the Unstrut flows.

History

The town was first mentioned in 897. Lengefeld is separated from the calibration field by the Muehlhaeuser Landgraben. Historically Lengefeld belonged to the areas of the free and imperial city of Mulhouse. 1565 there were 60 men in Lengefeld population.

1802 fell Lengefeld together with Mühlhausen to the Kingdom of Prussia, 1807-1813 to that established by Napoleon Kingdom of Westphalia and was assigned by the Congress of Vienna in 1816 the district of Mulhouse in the Prussian province of Saxony.

Attractions

  • Protestant parish church of St. John
  • Lengefelder waiting (former watchtower at Muehlhaeuser Landgraben )

Clubs

  • Sports club in 1932 e.V.
  • Volunteer Fire Lengefeld Firemen camaraderie Lengefeld e.V.
  • Fire chief

Traditions

In Lengefeld is annually the first weekend in November fair. From 27th to 29th of July 2007 in Lengefeld the thüringen widely known country fair fellows meeting - short LKBT - instead. For the 10th anniversary of this major event well over 160 Fairground and Trachtenvereine from all over Thuringia had come to celebrate this festival. The plans lasted since the last meeting in 2006.

Others

  • As evidence of an often bawdy humor people already formed centuries ago peculiarities of the respective village out characterizing Neck and nickname. Accordingly, lived here in the place Lengefelder flops - because of the clayey soil, even of eye-catching transition. After the rain, the soil remained on the shoes stick and made sandals.

Probably the nickname of the town milk Lengefeld linguistic demarcation of stone Lengenfeld associated with living in the neighboring village milk worms can be explained.

  • Flood retention basins Luhne - Lengefeld
Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Lengenfeld unterm Stein Eichsfeld Volunteer fire department Integrated Authority File
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