Felchta

Felchta is a village and quarter of the town of Mühlhausen in Thuringia, central Germany.

Geography
Felchta is located on the southern edge of the town of Mühlhausen. The Landesstraße ("state's road") L 1016 runs past the village and connects it with the town and the surrounding area. Felchta lies in the Thuringian Basin not far from the Unstrut river in an agricultural farming area. There is hardly any forest in the intensively used flat-wavy terrain. The climate is mild and low in precipitation with mostly groundwater-influenced soils.

History
Felchta was first mentioned in a document on 18 May 876. For centuries, it belonged to the sphere of influence of the imperial city of Mühlhausen. In 1565, there were 45 (male) inhabitants in Felchta.

In 1802, Felchta, together with Mühlhausen, fell to the Kingdom of Prussia, from 1807 to 1813 to the Kingdom of Westphalia (canton Dorla) created by Napoleon, and after the Congress of Vienna in 1816, it was assigned to the district of Mühlhausen i. Th. in the Prussian province of Saxony. On 9 April 1994, the village, which at that time had 842 inhabitants, was incorporated into the town of Mühlhausen.

Sights

 * St Peter's Church, Felchta

Notable people

 * Roland Gööck (1923–1991), editor and non-fiction author
 * Wolfgang Thiel (born 14 March 1948 in Felchta), politician (The Left)