Leinefelde-Worbis is a town 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 northwestern
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
,
Germany
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. The town was formed on March 16, 2004, from the former independent towns Leinefelde and Worbis along with the municipalities of Breitenbach and Wintzingerode. In July 2018 the former municipality of
Hundeshagen, and in January 2019
Kallmerode was merged into Leinefelde-Worbis. The population before the amalgamation was 14,387 for Leinefelde, 5,541 for Worbis, 1,021 for Breitenbach and 614 for Wintzingerode. The 10 parts of Leinefelde-Worbis are Leinefelde, Worbis, Breitenbach, Kirchohmfeld, Birkungen, Beuren, Hundeshagen, Kaltohmfeld, Wintzingrode, Kallmerode and Breitenholz.
Transport
Leinefelde station is located on the
Halle–Hann. Münden and the
Gotha–Leinefelde railways.
Bear sanctuary
Since 1997 Worbis has become known for its bear sanctuary, the
Alternativer Bärenpark Worbis, which is operated by the German animal welfare organisation ''
Aktion Tier – Menschen für Tiere'' (formerly ''Deutsches Tierhilfswerk'').
Museums
The
Borderland Museum Eichsfeld
The Borderland Museum Eichsfeld is a history museum located in Central Germany at the former inner-German border between East and West Germany. It deals with the Cold War in general and the German division in specific.
The museum exhibitions ...
, a
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because t ...
history museum located only a few miles away from Leinefelde-Worbis, presents different topics of the history of the German division and the
GDR on an area of 1,000 squaremetres. The exhibition is displayed in both German and English.
People
Leinefelde is the birthplace of
Johann Carl Fuhlrott
Prof. Dr. Johann Carl Fuhlrott (31 December 1803, Leinefelde, Germany – 17 October 1877, Wuppertal) was an early German paleoanthropologist. He is famous for recognizing the significance of the bones of Neanderthal 1, a Neanderthal specimen di ...
, the discoverer of
Neanderthal man. It is also the birthplace of
Johannes Krause, who determined the
Denisovan are a distinct line of homo distinct from modern humans and Neanderthals. Fuhlrott and Krause, born nearly 180 years apart, were also professors at the
University of Tübingen
The University of Tübingen, officially the Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen (german: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; la, Universitas Eberhardina Carolina), is a public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-W� ...
.
Worbis is the birthplace of
Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the London second-hand bookseller and publisher, and of
Barbara Saß-Viehweger
Barbara Saß-Viehweger (née Weyand; born 4 August 1943) is a German civil law notary, lawyer, and politician. She is member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
Early life and education
Born in Leinefelde-Worbis, Worbis, Province of Sax ...
(born 1943), a German politician, lawyer and civil law notary.
References
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