Tottleben is a

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in the

Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Eichsfeld, Kyffhäuserkreis, Sömmerda, Gotha, Wartburgkreis and the district Werra-Meißn ...

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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 ...

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Geography

The municipality Tottleben is 7 km away from the western edge of

Bad Tennstedt Bad Tennstedt () is a town in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 27 km east of Mühlhausen, and 24 km northwest of Erfurt. The Romantic poet Novalis worked here from 1794 until 1796. During his stay ...

at an altitude of 210–315 meters. Through the village leads the L 2127, which connects Tottleben with the neighboring Großurleben in the southeast and with Kirchheilingen in the northwest.

History

The municipality was mentioned for the first time in 988. The place belonged to 1815 to Saxon Office Langensalza and after his assignment to Prussia from 1816 to 1944 to district Langensalza in the

Province of Saxony The Province of Saxony (german: link=no, Provinz Sachsen), also known as Prussian Saxony () was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1944. Its capital was Magdeburg. It was formed by the merge ...

Politics

Council

The local council of Tottleben has 6 members. * FWG fighters: 6 seats (Stand:

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on June 7, 2009)

Mayor

The honorary mayor Steffen Mörstedt was re-elected on June 6, 2010

Things

The most striking sight in the area is the village church of St. Anna. The parish is part of the parish Kirchheilingen. The most famous son of the place was

Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben Gottlob Curt Heinrich Graf von Tottleben, Herr auf Tottleben, Zeippau und Hausdorf im Saganschen (also ''Tottleben'', ''Todtleben'' ''Todleben''; russian: Готлиб-Генрих Тотлебен) (21 December 1715 – 20 March 1773) was a Ger ...

(1715-1773), officer, general and adventurer, who was in Saxon and Russian service.

References

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