Bockelnhagen

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Bockelnhagen
Ortsteil of Sonnenstein
Coat of arms of Bockelnhagen
Coat of arms
Bockelnhagen   is located in Germany
Bockelnhagen
Bockelnhagen
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Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Eichsfeld
Municipality Sonnenstein
Area
 • Total 18.65 km2 (7.20 sq mi)
Population (2010-12-31)
 • Total 410
 • Density 22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 37345
Dialling codes 036072
Vehicle registration EIC
Website www.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. 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

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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