Bad Blankenburg

Town in Thuringia, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bad Blankenburg within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district

(2018–24) Mike George^[1] (FW)Area

• Total35.56 km² (13.73 sq mi)Elevation

220 m (720 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,029 • Density170/km² (440/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

07422

Dialling codes036741Vehicle registrationSLFWebsitewww.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.^[3]

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.

The main sights of Bad Blankenburg on OpenstreetMap.^[4]

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Poland Tarnów Opolski, Poland

References

^ Gewählte Bürgermeister – aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
^ "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 the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Blankenburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 41.
^ "The main sights of Bad Blankenburg on OpenstreetMap". landausblick.de. Retrieved 1 July 2022.