Schenklengsfeld

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Schenklengsfeld

Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Municipal subdivisions	14 districts
Mayor	Stefan Gensler (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	63.78 km² (24.6 sq mi)
Elevation	317 m (1040 ft)
Population	4,676 (31/12/2006)
- Density	73 /km² (190 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HEF
Postal code	36277
Area code	06629
Website	www.schenklengsfeld.de Coordinates: 50°49′4″N 9°50′37″E / 50.81778, 9.84361

Schenklengsfeld is a municipality in the district Hersfeld-Rotenburg, in Hesse, Germany. It is located between the Fulda and Werra rivers, approx. 30 kilometers northeast of Fulda and approx. 60 kilometers southeast of Kassel.

[edit] Division of the muncipiality

The modern municipality dates to 1972, when the villages of Schenklengsfeld, Dinkelrode, Erdmannrode, Hilmes, Konrode, Lampertsfeld, Landershausen, Malkomes, Oberlengsfeld, Schenksolz, Unterweisenbor.

[edit] History

First mentioned in AD 800 as Lengesfeld in Thuringia,

[edit] Notable places

Schenklengsfeld is notable for its ancient Gerichtslinde, a Tilia platyphyllos aged some 1,120 years, the oldest tree in Germany.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district

Alheim \| Bad Hersfeld \| Bebra \| Breitenbach \| Cornberg \| Friedewald \| Hauneck \| Haunetal \| Heringen \| Hohenroda \| Kirchheim \| Ludwigsau \| Nentershausen \| Neuenstein \| Niederaula \| Philippsthal \| Ronshausen \| Rotenburg \| Schenklengsfeld \| Wildeck