Hackpfüffel is a village and a former municipality in the

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district, in

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. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the municipality

Brücken-Hackpfüffel Brücken-Hackpfüffel is a municipality in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was formed on 1 January 2009 by the merger of the former municipalities Brücken and Hackpfüffel. Geography The municipality lies north-eas ...

Geographical Location

Hackpfüffel lies in the so-called Rieth in the lower Helme valley, north-east of the

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. The road between

Kelbra Kelbra () is a town the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated north of the Kyffhäuser mountains, approx. 20 km west of Sangerhausen, and 20 km east of Nordhausen. Kelbra is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde' ...

and

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goes through the town.

History

Origins

In the year 899, the place was first mentioned as ''Bablide'' (German: Place on the swamp) erwähnt. In the year 1131, it was documented as ''Pefelde''. At the beginning of the 13th Century, the place was in the possession of the Imperial Knight Thomas von Wallhausen. After 1231 Hackpfüffel was known as imperial estate ''Peflede''. Variant spellings included ''Pefeld'' (1273) and ''Pefelde'' (1279). In 1314 Hackpfüffel was split from Amt Brücken. On 23 April 1314 Fürst Otto II. von Anhalt pledged the village ''Pfeffele'' with all rights, except fiefdom of the church, for 70 Marks of Nordhäusen silver to Heinrich von Gehofen and his cousin Heinrich and Hermann Ha(c)ke. Since then the representatives of the family Hacke were in situ and the name of the family was added to the place name. So in 1436 the representation ''Hackinpfeffelde'' was used.

Historical population

Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Mansfeld-Südharz {{MansfeldSüdharz-geo-stub