Leinefelde-Worbis

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Leinefelde-Worbis
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Leinefelde-Worbis within Eichsfeld district
Leinefelde-Worbis Show map of Germany Leinefelde-Worbis Show map of Thuringia
Coordinates: 51°23′N 10°20′E / 51.383°N 10.333°E / 51.383; 10.333
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Eichsfeld
Subdivisions	10
Government
• Mayor (2022–28)	Christian Zwingmann[1]
Area
• Total	110.18 km2 (42.54 sq mi)
Elevation	320 m (1,050 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	20,119
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	37327, 37339
Dialling codes	03605, 036074
Vehicle registration	EIC, HIG, WBS
Website	www.leinefelde-worbis.de

Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany. The town was formed on March 16, 2004, from the former independent towns Leinefelde and Worbis along with the municipalities of Breitenbach and Wintzingerode. In July 2018 the former municipality of Hundeshagen, and in January 2019 Kallmerode was merged into Leinefelde-Worbis. The population before the amalgamation was 14,387 for Leinefelde, 5,541 for Worbis, 1,021 for Breitenbach and 614 for Wintzingerode. The 10 parts of Leinefelde-Worbis are Leinefelde, Worbis, Breitenbach, Kirchohmfeld, Birkungen, Beuren, Hundeshagen, Kaltohmfeld, Wintzingrode, Kallmerode and Breitenholz.

Leinefelde station is located on the Halle–Hann. Münden and the Gotha–Leinefelde railways.

Since 1997 Worbis has become known for its bear sanctuary, the Alternativer Bärenpark Worbis, which is operated by the German animal welfare organisation Stiftung für Bären – Wildtier- und Artenschutz.^[4][5]

The Borderland Museum Eichsfeld, a Cold War history museum located only a few miles away from Leinefelde-Worbis, presents different topics of the history of the German division and the GDR on an area of 1,000 squaremetres. The exhibition is displayed in both German and English.

Leinefelde is the birthplace of Johann Carl Fuhlrott, the discoverer of Neanderthal man. It is also the birthplace of Johannes Krause, who determined the Denisovan are a distinct line of homo distinct from modern humans and Neanderthals. Fuhlrott and Krause, born nearly 180 years apart, were also professors at the University of Tübingen.

Worbis is the birthplace of Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), the London second-hand bookseller and publisher, and of Barbara Saß-Viehweger (born 1943), a German politician, lawyer and civil law notary.