Beichlingen

Beichlingen lies on the southern edge of the Schmücke hills in the Thuringian Basin. First recorded in 1014, it was the seat of the counts who took their name from the village and its castle. The later counts of Werthern-Beichlingen also held their residence here. During the witch hunts of the seventeenth century, between 1618 and 1690, one woman and two men from Beichlingen were arrested on accusations of witchcraft.