# Pansfelde

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**Pansfelde** is a village in the town of [Falkenstein/Harz](/source/Falkenstein/Harz) in the district of [Harz](/source/Landkreis_Harz) in [Saxony-Anhalt](/source/Saxony-Anhalt), [Germany](/source/Germany).

## Geography

Pansfelde lies in the southeastern part of the district of Harz and next to the neighbouring districts of [Mansfeld-Südharz](/source/Mansfeld-S%C3%BCdharz) and [Salzlandkreis](/source/Salzlandkreis) on the heights of the Lower Harz plateau, an agricultural upland surrounded by woods. The countryside between the wayside stations of Leinemühle and Gartenhaus, a road toll known as *[chausseegeld](/source/Chaussee)* was collected in former times, consists of [mixed woods](/source/Mixed_woods), farmland and pastures in the Schwennecke valley.

## History

Pansfelde was first mentioned in 1276 under the name of *Pamesvelde*. The history of the village and its inhabitants is closely tied to that of [Falkenstein Castle](/source/Falkenstein_Castle_(Harz)). The ancestors of the present 570 or so population worked at the castle, defended it, worked as farm hands or foresters or in the mills and helped during the [hunts](/source/Hunting).

On 1 January 2002 Pansfelde joined the town of [Ermsleben](/source/Ermsleben) and five other villages to form the new town of Falkenstein/Harz.[1]

## Sights

Built from rubble stone, the church of St. John and the vicarage, one of the few surviving [timber-framed](/source/Timber-framed) houses in the village, are [listed buildings](/source/Listed_building). The village scene is dominated by the former manor estate (*Rittergut*) of the Counts of Falkenstein. On the terrain of the old sheep farm stands a monument which recalls the events of the 1848 year of revolution. In another spot is a list of names and a memorial to the victims of the two world wars

Additional sights are: [Falkenstein Castle](/source/Falkenstein_Castle_(Harz)), the [site of Alter Falkenstein](/source/Old_Falkenstein_Castle), the legendary Klusberg, the [ruins of Anhalt Castle](/source/Anhalt_Castle), the seat of the [House of Anhalt](/source/House_of_Anhalt), and the country park of [Degenershausen](/source/Gutsbezirk_Degenershausen) at [Wieserode](/source/Wieserode) to the northeast.

## References

1. [Gebietsänderungen vom 01.01. bis 31.12.2002](https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2002.html), [Statistisches Bundesamt](/source/Statistisches_Bundesamt)

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