Lehesten

Lehesten is a town in the Thuringian Forest, 20 km southeast of Saalfeld.

This article is about the town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt. For the town in the district of Saale-Holzland, see Lehesten, Saale-Holzland.
Lehesten
Coat of arms
Location of Lehesten within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Lehesten
Lehesten
Coordinates: 50°28′32″N 11°26′53″E
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictSaalfeld-Rudolstadt
Municipal assoc.Schiefergebirge
Subdivisions3
Government
 • MayorHelmut Färber (SPD)
Area
 • Total35.96 km2 (13.88 sq mi)
Elevation
640 m (2,100 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,672
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
07349
Dialling codes036653
Vehicle registrationSLF
Websitewww.lehesten.de

World War II V-2 facility

After an August 1944 explosion at the Redl-Zipf V-2 liquid oxygen plant at Schlier stopped production, the third V-2 liquid oxygen plant (5000 tons/month)[2] was built at a slate quarry at Lehesten at the Thuringia-Bavarian border[3] near Nordhausen (acceptance testing of combustion chamber was also performed at the Lehesten plant).[2] Dr Martin Schilling (the head of testing at Peenemünde)[4] located the Lehesten site,[2] and 400 engineers were moved from Peenemünde to Lehesten, which eventually had 16 liquid oxygen production plants.[5]

References
  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2019". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). August 2020.
  2. Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. p. 99. ISBN 1-894959-00-0.
  3. Neufeld, Michael J (1995). The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era. New York: The Free Press. p. 207.
  4. McGovern, J (1964). Crossbow and Overcast. New York: W. Morrow. p. 198.
  5. Heike, Hasenaur (October 2008). "Space Pioneers" (pdf). United States Army. p. 6. Retrieved 2008-10-22.


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