Burgscheidungen

Stadtteil of Laucha an der Unstrut in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Location of Burgscheidungen

51°15′N 11°39′E / 51.250°N 11.650°E / 51.250; 11.650CountryGermanyStateSaxony-AnhaltDistrictBurgenlandkreis TownLaucha an der UnstrutArea

• Total8.36 km² (3.23 sq mi)Elevation

130 m (430 ft)Population

(2006-12-31)

• Total592 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06636

Dialling codes034462

Burgscheidungen is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Laucha an der Unstrut.

Burgscheidungen was the site of the Saxon Hadugato's defeat of the Thuringians under King Irminfrid in 531. This defeat spelled the end of an independent Thuringian kingdom. It is variously attributed to the Franks under King Theuderic I or to their allies, the Saxons under Duke Hathagat. It was one of the founding myths of the Saxons by the ninth century.^[1]

Notes

^ Karl Hauck, "The Literature of House and Kindred Associated with Medieval Noble Families, Illustrated from Eleventh and Twelfth-century Satires on the Nobility", in Timothy Reuter, ed., The Medieval Nobility: Studies on the Ruling Classes of France and Germany from the Sixth to the Twelfth Century (Amsterdam, 1979), pp. 61–85.