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The Eichsfeld DNA Project is open to anyone whose ancestors had origins in Eichsfeld, Germany. Both Y-DNA and mtDNA participants are welcomed. Eichsfeld is located in the center of a modern-day Germany.
Eichsfeld is a historical region where the rivers Wipper and Leine divide the region into two areas of unequal size, the larger Obereichsfeld (Upper Eichsfeld) to the south and the smaller Untereichsfeld (Lower Eichsfeld) to the north. Obereichsfeld is located in the northwestern portion of Thüringen (Thuringia) and the chief town of is Heilbad Heiligenstadt. Untereichsfeld is located in the southeastern protion of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and the chief town of Untereichsfeld is Duderstadt. The entire Eichsfeld area covers some 1100 square kilometres (424.7 square miles). From the 10th century until 1803 Eichsfeld remained part of the Archbishopric of Mainz where it was a Catholic enclave in the predominantly Protestant north of Germany. This affiliation to the Archdiocese of Mainz has characterized Eichsfeld.
Eichsfeld is a historical region where the rivers Wipper and Leine divide the region into two areas of unequal size, the larger Obereichsfeld (Upper Eichsfeld) to the south and the smaller Untereichsfeld (Lower Eichsfeld) to the north. Obereichsfeld is located in the northwestern portion of Thüringen (Thuringia) and the chief town of is Heilbad Heiligenstadt. Untereichsfeld is located in the southeastern protion of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and the chief town of Untereichsfeld is Duderstadt. The entire Eichsfeld area covers some 1100 square kilometres (424.7 square miles). From the 10th century until 1803 Eichsfeld remained part of the Archbishopric of Mainz where it was a Catholic enclave in the predominantly Protestant north of Germany. This affiliation to the Archdiocese of Mainz has characterized Eichsfeld.