Gehofen is a municipality in the district
Kyffhäuserkreis
The Kyffhäuserkreis is a district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis und Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts Sömmerda, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis and Ei ...
, in
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
.
People from Gehofen
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Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein
Ernst Albrecht von Eberstein ( Gehofen, 6 June 1605 – Sangerhausen, 9 June 1676) was a German Army Commander, Saxon Field Marshal and Knight in the Danish Order of the Elephant.
Career
Eberstein was the son of Wolf Dietrich von Eberstein ( ...
(1605-1677), Saxon Field Marshal
References
Municipalities in Thuringia
Kyffhäuserkreis
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