Stockhausen (Sondershausen)
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Stockhausen is a part of the town Sondershausen
Sondershausen
Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen....

 in Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

 and was probably made at the beginning of the 11th century. The village was incorporated in 1950.
Stockhausen is located west of Sondershausen at the foot of the mountain Frauenberg near the river Wipper and has more than 2,000 inhabitants. In the center stands the Neo-Gothic Church of St. Matthias.

An aristocratic family named even once for the village.

Sources

  • Liebeserklärung an eine Stadt – Sondershausen, publisher: Bildarchiv Röttig, 2000
  • Church Reports of Stockhausen by Carl Möller
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