Schenklengsfeld

Infobox German Location
Art = Gemeinde
Name = Schenklengsfeld
image_photo = Schenklengsfeld.jpg
imagesize = 250px
image_caption =
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Lageplan =
Lageplanbeschreibung =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Kassel
Landkreis = Hersfeld-Rotenburg
Höhe = 317
Fläche = 63.78
Einwohner = 4676
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 36277
Vorwahl = 06629
Kfz = HEF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 32 019
Gliederung = 14 districts
Straße = Rathausstraße 2
Website = [http://www.schenklengsfeld.de/ www.schenklengsfeld.de]
Bürgermeister = Stefan Gensler
Partei = CDU

Schenklengsfeld is a municipality in the district Hersfeld-Rotenburg, in Hesse, Germany. It is located between the Fulda and Werra rivers, approx. 30 kilometers northeast of Fulda and approx. 60 kilometers southeast of Kassel.

Division of the muncipiality

The modern municipality dates to 1972, when the villages of Schenklengsfeld, Dinkelrode, Erdmannrode, Hilmes, Konrode, Lampertsfeld, Landershausen, Malkomes, Oberlengsfeld, Schenksolz, Unterweisenbor.

History

First mentioned in AD 800 as "Lengesfeld in Thuringia",

Notable places

Schenklengsfeld is notable for its ancient Gerichtslinde, a "Tilia platyphyllos" aged some 1,120 years, the oldest tree in Germany.