Böseckendorf
Böseckendorf is a village in the Teistungen municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Germany. It became famous during the Cold War for two mass escapes in 1961 and 1963 involving a total of 65 inhabitants – a quarter of the village's population – across the heavily fortified inner German border.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 252 residents
- Description: human settlement in Germany
- Also known as: “Boeseckendorf”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Nikolaus and St. Nikolaus.
Pferdebergturm
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Gerhard Elsner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pferdebergturm is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Böseckendorf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bleckenrode and Nesselröden.
Neuendorf
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neuendorf is a village, which is situated 2½ km south of Böseckendorf.
Böseckendorf
- Categories: Ortsteil and locality
- Location: Teistungen, Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.47629° or 51° 28′ 35″ northLongitude
10.20178° or 10° 12′ 6″ eastPopulation
252Elevation
224 metres (735 feet)United Nations Location Code
DE B46Open location code
9F3GF6G2+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 290791280OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Persian—“Böseckendorf” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Böseckendorf”
- Dutch: “Böseckendorf”
- French: “Böseckendorf”
- German: “Böseckendorf”
- German: “Teistungen-Böseckendorf”
- Irish: “Böseckendorf”
- Italian: “Böseckendorf”
- Persian: “بوزکندورف”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wüstung Dudenborn and Immingerode.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Feuerwehr Böseckendorf and Cemetery Böseckendorf.
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