Dingelstädt
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Dingelstädt (Template:IPA) is a town in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the upper course of the river Unstrut, Template:Convert south of Leinefelde-Worbis and Template:Convert northwest of Mühlhausen. The former municipalities Helmsdorf, Kefferhausen, Kreuzebra and Silberhausen were merged into Dingelstädt in January 2019. In January 2023 Dingelstädt absorbed the villages Bickenriede and Zella from the former municipality Anrode, and Beberstedt and Hüpstedt from the former municipality Dünwald.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In January 2024 it absorbed the village Struth from the former municipality Rodeberg.<ref>Thüringer Gesetz zur freiwilligen Neugliederung kreisangehöriger Gemeinden im Jahr 2024, Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt für den Freistaat Thüringen, 2023 Nr. 15, p. 348</ref> Template:Clear left
Museums
The Borderland Museum Eichsfeld is a history museum a few miles away from Dingelstädt which deals with the German division and the GDR. Its grounds also include a hiking trail along the former Iron Curtain. Template:Clear left
People
- Christian Joseph Jagemann (1735–1804), scholar, court counselor and librarian
- Anton Thraen, (1843–1902), the German astronomer, minister and native of Holungen died in Dingelstädt
- Michael Robert Rhein (*1964), lead singer of the medieval rock band In Extremo.
International relations
Dingelstädt is twinned with:
- Template:Flagicon Jarosław in Poland (since 2001) <ref name="Twin">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Felsberg in Germany
- Template:Flagicon Wenden in Germany