Pansfelde is a village in the town of Falkenstein/Harz in the district of

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Geography

Pansfelde lies in the southeastern part of the district of Harz and next to the neighbouring districts of

Mansfeld-Südharz Mansfeld-Südharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . History The district was established by merging the former districts of Sangerhausen and Mansfelder Land as part of the reform of 2007. In the German parliament, the Bun ...

and

Salzlandkreis Salzland is a district in the middle of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is . It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts Harz, Börde, Magdeburg, Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Mansfeld-Südharz and Saalekreis. History Th ...

on the heights of the Lower Harz plateau, an agricultural upland surrounded by woods. The countryside between the wayside stations of Leinemühle and Gartenhaus, a road toll known as ''

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geld'' was collected in former times, consists of

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, farmland and pastures in the Schwennecke valley.

History

Pansfelde was first mentioned in 1276 under the name of ''Pamesvelde''. The history of the village and its inhabitants is closely tied to that of Falkenstein Castle. The ancestors of the present 570 or so population worked at the castle, defended it, worked as farm hands or foresters or in the mills and helped during the hunts. On 1 January 2002 Pansfelde joined the town of

Ermsleben Falkenstein/Harz is a town in the Harz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was created in 2002 by merging the town of Ermsleben with the former municipalities of Endorf, Meisdorf, Neuplatendorf, Pansfelde, Reinstedt und Wieserode. The new c ...

and five other villages to form the new town of Falkenstein/Harz.Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2002

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Sights

Built from rubble stone, the church of St. John and the vicarage, one of the few surviving

timber-framed Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...

houses in the village, are

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s. The village scene is dominated by the former manor estate (''Rittergut'') of the Counts of Falkenstein. On the terrain of the old sheep farm stands a monument which recalls the events of the 1848 year of revolution. In another spot is a list of names and a memorial to the victims of the two world wars Additional sights are: Falkenstein Castle, the site of Alter Falkenstein, the legendary Klusberg, the ruins of Anhalt Castle, the seat of the House of Anhalt, and the country park of Degenershausen at Wieserode to the northeast.

References

{{authority control Falkenstein, Saxony-Anhalt Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Harz (district)