Bad Blankenburg
Bad Blankenburg | |
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Location of Bad Blankenburg within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district  | |
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| Coordinates:50°41′N11°16′E/ 50.683°N 11.267°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt |
| Subdivisions | 8 |
| Government | |
| •Mayor(2024–30) | Thomas Schubert[1](CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.56 km2(13.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,029 |
| • Density | 170/km2(440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| Postal codes | 07422 |
| Dialling codes | 036741 |
| Vehicle registration | SLF |
| Website | bad-blankenburg.de |
Bad Blankenburg(German pronunciation:[batˈblaŋkənbʊʁk]) is aspa townin the district ofSaalfeld-Rudolstadt,inThuringia,Germany.It is situated 6 km southwest ofRudolstadt,and 37 km southeast ofErfurt.It is most famous for being the location of the firstkindergartenofFriedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel,in 1837.
To the north of it, on an eminence, rise the fine ruins of the castle ofGreifenstein,built by the German kingHenry I,and from 1275 to 1583 the seat of acadet branchof thecounts of Schwarzburg.[3]
In the nineteenth century, Bad Blankenburg was part of the smallprincipalityofSchwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
Bad Blankenburg is the headquarters ofDeutsche Evangelische Allianz,a cooperative network of most Protestant churches in Germany.
Historical Population[edit]
Historical Population(from 1960 as of 31 December):
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- Data source from 1994: Thuringian Office for Statistics
Twin towns – sister cities[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht,Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^"Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022"(in German).Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik.June 2023.
- ^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Chisholm, Hugh,ed. (1911). "Blankenburg".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.
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