Bockelnhagen

Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 10°25′18″E / 51.56389°N 10.42167°E / 51.56389; 10.42167
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Bockelnhagen
Coat of arms of Bockelnhagen
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Bockelnhagen is located in Germany
Bockelnhagen
Bockelnhagen
Bockelnhagen is located in Thuringia
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Bockelnhagen
Coordinates: 51°33′50″N 10°25′18″E / 51.56389°N 10.42167°E / 51.56389; 10.42167
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictEichsfeld
MunicipalitySonnenstein
Area
 • Total18.65 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Highest elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Lowest elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2010-12-31)
 • Total410
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
37345
Dialling codes036072
Websitewww.bockelnhagen.de
The Allerburg, a ruined castle at Bockelnhagen; by Carl Duval, c. 1840

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.

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