Bad Blankenburg

Bad Blankenburg
Coat of arms
Bad Blankenburg
Location of Bad Blankenburg within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
Coordinates: 50°41′0″N 11°16′0″E / 50.68333°N 11.26667°ECoordinates: 50°41′0″N 11°16′0″E / 50.68333°N 11.26667°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Government
• Mayor	Frank Persike (Left)
Area
• Total	35.56 km^2 (13.73 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,767
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	07422
Dialling codes	036741
Vehicle registration	SLF
Website	www.bad-blankenburg.de

Bad Blankenburg (German pronunciation: [bat ˈblaŋkənbʊʁk]) 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.^[2]

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 (from 1960 as of 31st 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

Twin towns – Sister cities

Poland Tarnów Opolski, Polen

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Blankenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.

External links

• Friedrich Fröbel Museum at Bad Blankenburg
• Bad Blankenburg