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Lengenfeld

For the town in Lower Austria, see Lengenfeld, Austria.
Lengenfeld
Town
Church of Saint Aegidius
Church of Saint Aegidius
Coat of arms of Lengenfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Lengenfeld within Vogtlandkreis district
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Lengenfeld is located in Germany
Lengenfeld
Lengenfeld
Lengenfeld is located in Saxony
Lengenfeld
Lengenfeld
Coordinates: 50°34′N 12°22′E / 50.567°N 12.367°E / 50.567; 12.367
CountryGermany
StateSaxony
DistrictVogtlandkreis
Subdivisions9
Government
 • Mayor (2018–25) Volker Bachmann[1]
Area
 • Total
46.98 km2 (18.14 sq mi)
Elevation
403 m (1,322 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
6,975
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
08485
Dialling codes037606
Vehicle registrationV, AE, OVL, PL, RC
Websitewww.stadt-lengenfeld.de

Lengenfeld (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛŋənˌfɛlt] ⓘ) is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany. The town is situated 19 km southwest of Zwickau, and 18 km northeast of Plauen.

History

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Memorial to the victims of the local subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp

During World War II, Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in the town in Zwickau,[3] and a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.[4] About 1,000 prisoners, half of whom were deported from German-occupied Poland, a quarter from the Soviet Union, and larger groups among the remainder comprising French, Italian, Czech, and Hungarian Jews, were imprisoned as forced labour in the latter.[5] 246 prisoners died in the subcamp, and were mostly cremated in nearby Reichenbach im Vogtland, and the remaining were evacuated in a death march, during which many also died.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Sachsens am 31. Dezember 2023 - Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 15. Mai 2022 (Gebietsstand 01.01.2023)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen.
  3. ^ "Außenkommando des Zuchthauses und der Untersuchungshaftanstalt Zwickau in Lengenfeld bei den Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerken". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. ^ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps
  5. ^ a b "Lengenfeld Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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