Leinefelde-Worbis

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{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_photo = |image_coa = Wappen Leinefelde-Worbis.svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|23|N|10|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Leinefelde-Worbis in EIC.svg |state = Thüringen |district = Eichsfeld |elevation = 320 |area = 115.79 |postal_code = 37327, 37339 |area_code = 03605, 036074 |licence = EIC, HIG, WBS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 61 115 |divisions = 10 |website = [http://www.leinefelde-worbis.de/ www.leinefelde-worbis.de] |mayor = Christian Zwingmann<ref>[https://wahlen.thueringen.de/datenbank/wahl1/wahl.asp?wahlart=BM&wJahr=0000&zeigeErg=LAND&auswertung=2 Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht], Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 10 November 2022.</ref> |leader_term = 2022–28 |party = }}

'''Leinefelde-Worbis''' ({{IPA|de|ˌlaɪnəˈfɛldə ˈvɔʁbɪs}}) is a town in the district of [[Eichsfeld (district)|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.

==Climate== {{Weather box | location = Leinefelde (1991–2020 normals) | metric first = Y | single line = Y |collapsed = Y |Jan high C = 2.6 |Feb high C = 3.7 |Mar high C = 7.8 |Apr high C = 13.2 |May high C = 17.1 |Jun high C = 20.3 |Jul high C = 22.8 |Aug high C = 22.8 |Sep high C = 18.0 |Oct high C = 12.5 |Nov high C = 6.8 |Dec high C = 3.4 | year high C = 12.6 |Jan mean C = 0.3 |Feb mean C = 0.9 |Mar mean C = 4.0 |Apr mean C = 8.4 |May mean C = 12.2 |Jun mean C = 15.3 |Jul mean C = 17.5 |Aug mean C = 17.4 |Sep mean C = 13.4 |Oct mean C = 8.9 |Nov mean C = 4.4 |Dec mean C = 1.2 |year mean C = 8.6 |Jan low C = -2.2 |Feb low C = -1.9 |Mar low C = 0.4 |Apr low C = 3.6 |May low C = 7.1 |Jun low C = 10.1 |Jul low C = 12.4 |Aug low C = 12.4 |Sep low C = 9.1 |Oct low C = 5.6 |Nov low C = 2.0 |Dec low C = -1 | year low C = 4.8 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 58.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 45.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 54.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 41.8 |May precipitation mm = 67.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 63.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 82.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 62.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 58.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 51.8 |Nov precipitation mm = 55.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 59.9 | year precipitation mm = 697.5 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 17.4 |Feb precipitation days = 15.5 |Mar precipitation days = 16.0 |Apr precipitation days = 12.6 |May precipitation days = 14.4 |Jun precipitation days = 14.5 |Jul precipitation days = 15.5 |Aug precipitation days = 14.1 |Sep precipitation days = 13.2 |Oct precipitation days = 15.7 |Nov precipitation days = 17.0 |Dec precipitation days = 18.6 |year precipitation days = 184.1 |Jan sun = 50.2 |Feb sun = 73.2 |Mar sun = 120.4 |Apr sun = 174.9 |May sun = 206.1 |Jun sun = 207.0 |Jul sun = 212.7 |Aug sun = 199.7 |Sep sun = 152.1 |Oct sun = 104.2 |Nov sun = 50.4 |Dec sun = 39.2 |year sun = 1584.7 |Jan humidity = 87.0 |Feb humidity = 83.3 |Mar humidity = 79.2 |Apr humidity = 72.0 |May humidity = 73.9 |Jun humidity = 75.0 |Jul humidity = 73.3 |Aug humidity = 71.8 |Sep humidity = 78.7 |Oct humidity = 84.6 |Nov humidity = 88.3 |Dec humidity = 88.7 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 10.9 |Feb snow days = 12.3 |Mar snow days = 5.9 |Apr snow days = 1.0 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 2.8 |Dec snow days = 8.2 |year snow days = | source 1 = [[World Meteorological Organization]]<ref name=WMO>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012161828/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Leinefelde_10449.csv | archive-date = 12 October 2023 | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Leinefelde_10449.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref> }}

==Transport==

[[Leinefelde station]] is located on the [[Halle–Hann. Münden railway|Halle–Hann. Münden]] and the [[Gotha–Leinefelde railway]]s.

==Bear sanctuary==

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''.<ref>[https://www.tiergaerten.de/worbis-baerenpark.html Alternativer Bärenpark Worbis], www.tiergaerten.de</ref><ref>[https://www.baer.de/ueber-uns/transparenz Transparenz], Stiftung für Bären.</ref>

==Museums==

[[File:Museumsgebäude.jpg|thumb|left|The Borderland Museum Eichsfeld in Teistungen, Thuringia, is a popular tourist attraction close to Leinefelde-Worbis.]]

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 [[East Germany|GDR]] on an area of 1,000 squaremetres. The exhibition is displayed in both German and English.

==People==

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.

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