Kirchworbis is a municipality in the district of
Eichsfeld The Eichsfeld ( or ; English: ''Oak-field'') is a historical region in the southeast of the state of Lower Saxony (which is called "Untereichsfeld" = lower Eichsfeld) and northwest of the state of Thuringia ("Obereichsfeld" = upper Eichsfeld) in th ...
in
Thuringia,
Germany. Kirchworbis lies to the south of the Langenberg, a summit in the
Ohm Hills.
Kirchworbis is first mentioned in a 1209 document as "Kirchworvece." Part of the
Electorate of Mainz since the Middle Ages, the place became part of
Prussia in 1802. After a short affiliation with the
Kingdom of Westphalia, Kirchworbis was part of the
Prussian
Province of Saxony
The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg.
It was formed by the merge ...
until 1945. During
World War II, more than 100 women and men from
Poland and
Ukraine were brought to Kirchworbis and forced to work on farms, starting in 1940. From 1945 to 1949, Kirchworbis was in the
Soviet occupied zone, and was part of
East Germany from 1949 until
German reunification
German reunification (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...
in 1990.
References
External links
Official website
Eichsfeld (district)
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