Bad Blankenburg
Bad Blankenburg (Bad blankenburg.ogg) is a spa town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Rudolstadt, and 37 km southeast of Erfurt. It is most famous for being the location of the first kindergarten of Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, in 1837.
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Bad Blankenburg (Bad blankenburg.ogg) is a spa town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Rudolstadt, and 37 km southeast of Erfurt. It is most famous for being the location of the first kindergarten of Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, in 1837.
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To the north of it, on an eminence, rise the fine ruins of the castle of Greifenstein, built by the German king Henry I, and from 1275 to 1583 the seat of a cadet branch of the counts of Schwarzburg. In the nineteenth century, Bad Blankenburg was part of the small principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. The headquarters of Deutsche Evangelische Allianz, a cooperative network of most Protestant churches in Germany.
• Type — Stadt • Image Photo — BadBlankenburgMarktplatz.jpg • Image Coa — Wappen Bad Blankenburg.jpg • Image Plan — Bad Blankenburg in SLF.png • State — Thüringen • District — Saalfeld-Rudolstadt • Elevation — 220 • Area — 35.62 • Postal Code — 07422 • Area Code — 036741 • Licence — SLF • Gemeindeschlussel — 16 0 73 005 • Divisions — 8 • Website — www.bad-blankenburg.de • Mayor — Thomas Schubert • Leader Term — 2024–30 • Party — CDU Bad Blankenburg (Bad blankenburg.ogg) is a spa town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Rudolstadt, and 37 km southeast of Erfurt. It is most famous for being the location of the first kindergarten of Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, in 1837. To the north of it, on an eminence, rise the fine ruins of the castle of Greifenstein, built by the German king Henry I, and from 1275 to 1583 the seat of a cadet branch of the counts of Schwarzburg. In the nineteenth century, Bad Blankenburg was part of the small principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Bad Blankenburg is the headquarters of Deutsche Evangelische Allianz, a cooperative network of most Protestant churches in Germany.
Historical Population
Historical Population
Historical Population (from 1960 as of 31 December): • * 1834: 1,256 * 1933: 4,557 * 1939: 5,307 * 1960: 10,126 * 1994: 8,323 — * 1995: 8,197 * 1996: 8,136 * 1997: 8,076 * 1998: 8,037 * 1999: 7,963 — * 2000: 7,909 * 2001: 7,764 * 2002: 7,688 * 2003: 7,658 * 2004: 7,613 — * 2005: 7,498 * 2006: 7,363 * 2007: 7,281 * 2008: 7,235 * 2009: 7,173 — * 2010: 7,047 * 2011: 6,873 * 2012: 6,816 * 2013: 6,724 * 2014: 6,644 • Data source from 1994: Thuringian Office for Statistics
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