capacity of 6,500 cubic metres on the site of a former dairy farm, which had held 2,000 cows until the Wende. Owing to the controversy of the project, in particular the possible risk of odour nuisance over a wide area, more than 2000 objections were raised by citizens and organisations. The plans were accepted by the state administration office of Thuringia at the beginning of April 2009, and have since been realised. Roads from Alkersleben lead to Dornheim and Osthausen-Wülfershausen. To the east of the village the airfield Arnstadt-Alkersleben is situated, where Historical Flight Days and Speed Days regularly take place. Personalities Udo Eggert (1848–1893), German university lecturer and political scientist Johann Friedrich Christoph Ernesti (1705–1758), German theologian (Evangelical Lutheran) Johann Arnold Zeitfuchs (1671–1742), German theologian (Evangelical Lutheran) References Ilm-Kreis Schwarzburg-Sondershausen