Langensalza

Langensalza was recorded around 932 as the village of Salzaha. Its country became a battlefield in 1075, when Emperor Henry IV defeated rebellious Saxons and Thuringians nearby. During the Thirty Years' War the town was plundered and damaged by fire. Another great blaze in 1711 destroyed much of it, including the town hall, which was rebuilt between 1742 and 1752. A battle in the Seven Years' War was fought here in 1761, and Langensalza passed to Prussia in 1815.