Lehesten
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show Location of Lehesten within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district | |
Lehesten | |
Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 11°26′53″E / 50.47556°N 11.44806°ECoordinates: 50°28′32″N 11°26′53″E / 50.47556°N 11.44806°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt |
Municipal assoc. | Schiefergebirge |
Subdivisions | 3 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2016–22) | René Bredow[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 35.96 km2 (13.88 sq mi) |
Elevation | 640 m (2,100 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,643 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 07349 |
Dialling codes | 036653 |
Vehicle registration | SLF |
Website | www.lehesten.de |
Lehesten is a town in the Thuringian Forest, 20 km southeast of Saalfeld.
World War II V-2 facility[]
After an August 1944 [1] explosion at the Redl-Zipf V-2 liquid oxygen plant at Schlier stopped production, the third V-2 liquid oxygen plant (5000 tons/month)[3] was built at a slate quarry at Lehesten at the Thuringia-Bavarian border[4] near Nordhausen (acceptance testing of combustion chamber was also performed at the Lehesten plant).[3] Dr Martin Schilling (the head of testing at Peenemünde)[5] located the Lehesten site,[3] and 400 engineers were moved from Peenemünde to Lehesten, which eventually had 16 liquid oxygen production plants.[6]
References[]
- ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2020". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). June 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. p. 99. ISBN 1-894959-00-0.
- ^ Neufeld, Michael J (1995). The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era. New York: The Free Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780029228951.
- ^ McGovern, J (1964). Crossbow and Overcast. New York: W. Morrow. p. 198.
- ^ Heike, Hasenaur (October 2008). "Space Pioneers" (pdf). United States Army. p. 6. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
Categories:
- Municipalities in Thuringia
- Towns in Thuringia
- V-weapon subterranea
- Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
- V-2 missile launch sites
- Thuringia geography stubs