Lengenfeld | |
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.jpg.webp) Church of Saint Aegidius | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Lengenfeld within Vogtlandkreis district  | |
  Lengenfeld  Lengenfeld | |
| Coordinates: 50°34′N 12°22′E / 50.567°N 12.367°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Vogtlandkreis |
| Subdivisions | 9 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2018–25) | Volker Bachmann[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.98 km2 (18.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,994 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 08485 |
| Dialling codes | 037606 |
| Vehicle registration | V, AE, OVL, PL, RC |
| Website | www.stadt-lengenfeld.de |
Lengenfeld 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
Memorial to the victims of the local subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp
During World War II, in the town, Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison 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 the remainder were mostly Jews from various other countries, 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
- ↑ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 10 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2021" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 2022.
- ↑ "Außenkommando des Zuchthauses und der Untersuchungshaftanstalt Zwickau in Lengenfeld bei den Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerken". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps
- 1 2 "Lengenfeld Subcamp". KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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