Bockelnhagen
Appearance
Bockelnhagen | |
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Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 10°25′18″E / 51.56389°N 10.42167°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Eichsfeld |
Municipality | Sonnenstein |
Area | |
• Total | 18.65 km2 (7.20 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 268 m (879 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 205 m (673 ft) |
Population (2010-12-31) | |
• Total | 410 |
• Density | 22/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 37345 |
Dialling codes | 036072 |
Website | www.bockelnhagen.de |
Bockelnhagen is a village and a former municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 December 2011, it is part of the municipality Sonnenstein,[1] of which it is an Ortschaft.[2] The community has two constituent parts, Bockelnhagen and Weilrode. Bockelnhagen is one of the few villages in the Eichsfeld district which were not part of the historical Eichsfeld.
History
[edit]The first written mention of Bockelnhagen dates to 1143. From 1816 on, after the Congress of Vienna, it belonged to the Erfurt district of the Prussian Province of Saxony.