Lengenfeld Explained

Type:Stadt
Lengenfeld
Image Coa:Lengenfeld coat of arms.png
Coordinates:50.5667°N 34°W
Image Plan:Lengenfeld in V.svg
State:Sachsen
District:Vogtlandkreis
Elevation:403
Area:46.98
Postal Code:08485
Area Code:037606
Licence:V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
Gemeindeschlüssel:14523170
Divisions:9
Website:www.stadt-lengenfeld.de
Mayor:Volker Bachmann[1]
Leader Term:2018 - 25

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

During World War II, in the town, Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in Zwickau,[2] and a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.[3] 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.[4] 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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlen/bm/BM2001-2018/B%fcrgermeisterwahlen%202001-2018/wahlen.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlarchiv/pkg_w04_nav5c95.html Bürgermeisterwahlen 2018
  2. Web site: Außenkommando des Zuchthauses und der Untersuchungshaftanstalt Zwickau in Lengenfeld bei den Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerken. Bundesarchiv.de. 3 April 2021. de.
  3. Christine O'Keefe. Concentration Camps
  4. Web site: Lengenfeld Subcamp. KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg. 3 April 2021.