Zeuchfeld

Zeuchfeld is a village and a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Freyburg.GeographyZeuchfeld is located half-way between the cities of Halle and Weimar, near the town of Freyburg of which it is an administrative part. It is situated between forests, vineyards and fields in a shallow valley. This leads to occasional flooding. The hill in the south of the village is called "Naumburger Berg" (Hill of Naumburg) by the local people. Here, there has been a limestone quarry and cherry plantation.HistoryThe Via Regia or King's Highway, an ancient imperial road, ran through Zeuchfeld until a stone bridge was built in Bad Kösen (building 1368-1404).On 11 April 1945 the US 777th Tank Battalion part of 28th Infantry Division reached Zeuchfeld on their race eastward.EducationThere had been a school in the village until about 1950. The old half-timbered school building in the centre of the village is one of the largest buildings. Today students from Zeuchfeld commute to Freyburg for primary and secondary education and even further away for higher education.TransportThe Bundesstraße 176 goes through the village. It leads eastward to Weißenfels where it joins up with the A9 Autobahn and westward to Freyburg.