Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
About 800, Schenklengsfeld had its first documentary mention as "Lengesfeld in Thuringia" in the Hersfeld Abbey’s "Breviarium Sancti Lulli" (“Saint Lullus’s Summary”) and grew quickly into an "Amt" centre with a "Vogtei", court and "Amtmann". Moreover, gallows were mentioned in 1688. From 1648, Schenklengsfeld, along with the whole of the "Amt" of Landeck, belonged to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and was Reformed Protestant.