Lengenfeld
{{for|the town in Lower Austria|Lengenfeld, Austria}}
{{Infobox German location
|type = Stadt
|name = Lengenfeld
|image_photo = St.-Aegidius-Kirche (Lengenfeld).jpg
|image_caption = Church of Saint Aegidius
|image_coa = Lengenfeld coat of arms.png
|coordinates = {{coord|50|34|N|12|22|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Lengenfeld in V.svg
|state = Sachsen
|district = Vogtlandkreis
|elevation = 403
|area = 46.98
|postal_code = 08485
|area_code = 037606
|licence = V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 14523170
|divisions = 9
|website = [http://www.stadt-lengenfeld.de/ www.stadt-lengenfeld.de]
|leader_term = 2018–25
|party =
}}
Lengenfeld is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany. The town is situated 19 km southwest of Zwickau, and 18 km northeast of Plauen.
History
File:KZ Außenlager Lengenfeld 1.jpg]]
During World War II, Germany operated a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in the town in Zwickau,{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=1940|title=Außenkommando des Zuchthauses und der Untersuchungshaftanstalt Zwickau in Lengenfeld bei den Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerken|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=3 April 2021|language=de}} and a subcamp of the Flossenbürg concentration camp.Christine O'Keefe. [http://www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.html Concentration Camps] About 1,000 prisoners, half of whom were deported from German-occupied Poland, a quarter from the Soviet Union, and larger groups among the remainder comprising French, Italian, Czech, and Hungarian Jews, were imprisoned as forced labour in the latter.{{cite web|url=https://www.gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg.de/en/history/satellite-camps/lengenfeld|title=Lengenfeld Subcamp|website=KZ-Gedenkstätte Flossenbürg|accessdate=3 April 2021}} 246 prisoners died in the subcamp, and were mostly cremated in nearby Reichenbach im Vogtland, and the remaining were evacuated in a death march, during which many also died.
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References
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