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Church angel City of Großenehrich Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 1 ″ N , 10 ° 54 ′ 55 ″ E
Height :	319 m
Residents :	314 (Jul 1, 2009)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1996
Postal code :	99718
Area code :	036379
	Church of St. Michael in Church Angel

Kirchengel is part of the community of Großenehrich in the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia .

geography

The place is located on a higher level on the southern slope of the Hainleite on the edge of the Thuringian Basin 500 meters east of Westerengel at a height of 350 meters above sea level. The town is conveniently connected to the surrounding area via Landesstraße 2088 and Bundesstraße 4 .

history

The street village was first mentioned in a document in January / September 1220. The root word angel comes from the Germanic tribe of the Angles who settled in the area.

The church of St. Michael was built from natural stones and has the character of a fortified church . The west gable is planted with wild wine . The churchyard, which continues to serve as a cemetery, is surrounded by a high and wide wall, which was also used for defensive purposes. A war memorial stands in front of the north side of the church. There is a pond near the churchyard. There are orchards around the place , which loosen up the agriculturally oriented area a little. Until 1918 the place belonged to the rule of the principality Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .

After initially American occupation in April 1945, Kirchengel was part of the Soviet Zone from July of the same year and of the GDR from 1949 . The peasants were subjected to collectivization and had to find new forms of ownership after reunification in 1990.

In the course of the expansion of renewable energies , 22 wind turbines were built in the district , which largely dominate the landscape.

Personalities

Heinrich Barthel (1814–1894), member of the state parliament of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Katharina Landgraf (born February 24, 1954 in Kirchengel), politician (CDU)

Individual evidence

^ Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 141.

Web links

Commons : Church Angel - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

[1] Wolfgang Kahl : First mention of Thuringian towns and villages. A manual. Rockstuhl Verlag, Bad Langensalza 2010, ISBN 978-3-86777-202-0 , p. 141.