Großengottern

Großengottern () is a village and a former municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the municipality of Unstrut-Hainich.

== Geography == Großengottern is located in the northern Thuringian basin between the towns of Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza. The village of Großengottern lies in the area of the Inner Thuringian hilly farmland, the north and the east of the village, the , in the Unstrut floodplain between Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza. The highest elevation is above sea level (NN) at to the west of the village, the lowest at about above sea level (NN) on the Unstrut in the far east of the terrain. Other elevations are the two former undercut slope areas of the Unstrut, the Hopfenberg hill to the north-east and the Schalkenberg to the south-east of the village. The Gottern area is mainly used for agriculture, with arable farming predominating. Poplar forests are found on the southern edge of the Gotternsches Ried; the Großengottern dam is a reservoir originally built for the irrigation of the fields.