Mengelrode
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Mengelrode
Hohes Kreuz parish
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 ′ 58 ″ N , 10 ° 6 ′ 5 ″ E
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| Height : | approx. 260 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 391 (Sep 30, 2005) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1991 |
| Postal code : | 37308 |
| Area code : | 03606 |
 Location of Mengelrode in Hohes Kreuz
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 Town view from the southeast
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Mengelrode is a district of the Thuringian community Hohes Kreuz in the district of Eichsfeld .
Geography and traffic
The place is north of the federal highway 38 on the Beber . Surrounding places are Streitholz , Schachtebich and the district town Heilbad Heiligenstadt .
Mengelrode can be reached via the “Heilbad Heiligenstadt” junction on federal motorway 38. The next train station is also in Heiligenstadt.
history
Mengelrode is mentioned for the first time as Mengelderode in a document in 1310 , where a Konrad von Parensen renounces the tithe in favor of the St. Martinstift in Heiligenstadt. Until the secularization , Mengelrode and the surrounding places belonged to Kurmainz . Later they were part of the province of Saxony . After the Second World War Mengelrode was part of the Soviet zone of occupation . From 1949 until the reunification Mengelrode belonged to the GDR . In 1990 the independent municipality became part of the new federal state of Thuringia.
On January 1, 1991 the communities Mengelrode, Siemerode, Bischhagen and Streitholz merged to form the new community Hohes Kreuz, which has been part of the Leinetal administrative community since January 2, 1992 .
The Mengelroden Church, built in 1687, still exists today. In 2005 the place had 391 inhabitants.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Edgar Rademacher: Two local jubilees in Eichsfeld this year. in: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift, Verlag Mecke Duderstadt 2010, page 2
