With the partition of Schwarzburg County in 1599, Frankenhausen became the capital of the Unterherrschaft subdivision of the County of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, which in 1710 was raised to a principality. Prince Günther Victor was the last German monarch to abdicate, on 23 November (as Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt) and 25 November 1918 (as Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen). The succeeding short-lived Free State of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt merged into the newly created Thuringia in 1920.
Since 1818 a saline water well that had been used for centuries to extract salt has been used for saline baths and medical purposes. Therefore, in 1927 Frankenhausen received the official title of a spa town (Bad). In the 19th century the town was also famous for the manufacture of pearl buttons. Today it mainly depends on tourism and spa vacation.
Today the Panorama Museum displays art shows and a collection of works of contemporary international artists.
Sightsedit
Frankenhausen Castle, with medieval foundations from the 14th century on, served as a residence of the House of Schwarzburg. Heavily damaged during the Peasants' War, it was rebuilt in Renaissance style between 1533 and 1536. Today it houses a museum of local history.
The Church of Our Lady at the Mountain, colloquially called Oberkirche (Upper Church), completed in 1382, is known for its spire which precariously inclines to the side. The imbalance caused by sinkholes of the nearby salt mines had already started to affect it in the 17th century, for the Baroque top partly equalises the slant of the tower. When last measured, it leant at 4.8°,[4] increasing 6 cm (2.4 in) per year, and thus is the second most leaning tower of Germany (after the spire of the Suurhusen Church) and leaning to a greater extent than the Tower of Pisa.[5] In 2014, the German federal government agreed to pay €950,000 for work to stabilise the lean of the tower, fitting a "steel corset", thereby saving the structure from the risk of demolition.[6]
The Kyffhäuser mountain range north of the town is the site of the Kyffhäuser Monument, a huge sculpture in celebration of German national unity built from 1890 to 1896 to plans by Bruno Schmitz on the ruins of a former Kaiserpfalz.
Notable peopleedit
Sethus Calvisius
Rudolf Aderhold (1865–1907), mycologist, botanist, director of the Imperial Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Berlin-Dahlem
Sethus Calvisius (1556–1615), composer, grew up in Frankenhausen
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
^Christoph Seidler, "Built on Salt: The Leaning Tower of Bad Frankenhausen", Der Spiegel 29 April 2010.
^Bojan Pancevski, Colin Freeman, Malcolm Moore, "Churches Challenge Leaning Tower of Pisa", Sunday Telegraph, 22 July 2007.
^Huggler, Justin (20 November 2014). "Europe's tallest 'wonky' tower to be saved from collapse". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
Literatureedit
Deutscher Städteatlas; Band: IV; 2 Teilband. Acta Collegii Historiae Urbanae Societatis Historicorum Internationalis - Serie C. Im Auftrag des Kuratoriums für vergleichende Städtegeschichte e. V. und mit Unterstützung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, hrsg. von Heinz Stoob, Wilfried Ehbrecht, Jürgen Lafrenz und Peter Johannek. Stadtmappe Bad Frankenhausen, Author: Heinz Stoob. ISBN3-89115-032-6; Dortmund-Altenbeken, 1989.
External linksedit
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Bad Frankenhausen officially Bad Frankenhausen Kyffhauser is a spa town in the German state of Thuringia It is located at the southern slope of the Kyffhauser mountain range on an artificial arm of the Wipper river a tributary of the Unstrut Because of the nearby Kyffhauser monument dedicated to Emperor Frederick Barbarossa it is nicknamed Barbarossastadt The municipality includes the villages of Seehausen Udersleben since 2007 Esperstedt and since 2019 Ichstedt and Ringleben Bad FrankenhausenTownFrankenhausen CastleCoat of armsLocation of Bad Frankenhausen within Kyffhauserkreis districtBad FrankenhausenShow map of GermanyBad FrankenhausenShow map of ThuringiaCoordinates 51 21 21 N 11 6 4 E 51 35583 N 11 10111 E 51 35583 11 10111CountryGermanyStateThuringiaDistrictKyffhauserkreisGovernment Mayor 2018 24 Matthias Strejc 1 SPD Area Total91 07 km2 35 16 sq mi Elevation132 m 433 ft Population 2022 12 31 2 Total9 995 Density110 km2 280 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Postal codes06567Dialling codes034671Vehicle registrationKYFWebsitebad frankenhausen wbr de Contents 1 History 1 1 Population since 1994 2 Peasants War Panorama 3 Sights 4 Notable people 5 Twin town 6 References 7 Literature 8 External linksHistory editFrankenhausen was first attested as a Frankish settlement in the 9th century in deeds of the Abbey of Fulda It received town privileges in 1282 and from 1340 on was part of the County of Schwarzburg On 15 May 1525 it was the location of the Battle of Frankenhausen one of the last great battles of the German Peasants War when the insurgent peasants under Thomas Muntzer were defeated by troops of the allied Duke George of Saxony Landgrave Philip I of Hesse and Duke Henry V of Brunswick Luneburg Muntzer was captured tortured and finally beheaded at Muhlhausen on 27 May With the partition of Schwarzburg County in 1599 Frankenhausen became the capital of the Unterherrschaft subdivision of the County of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt which in 1710 was raised to a principality Prince Gunther Victor was the last German monarch to abdicate on 23 November as Prince of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt and 25 November 1918 as Prince of Schwarzburg Sondershausen The succeeding short lived Free State of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt merged into the newly created Thuringia in 1920 Since 1818 a saline water well that had been used for centuries to extract salt has been used for saline baths and medical purposes Therefore in 1927 Frankenhausen received the official title of a spa town Bad In the 19th century the town was also famous for the manufacture of pearl buttons Today it mainly depends on tourism and spa vacation Since 1972 Frankenhausen has been a garrison town formerly of a motorised infantry regiment of the National People s Army from 1990 on of the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division of the German Army Population since 1994 edit Population as of 31 December unless otherwise noted 3 1994 9730 1995 9834 1996 9768 1997 9661 1998 9542 1999 9472 2000 9432 2001 9233 2002 9132 2003 8978 2004 8809 2005 8775 2006 8706 2007 9292 2008 9097 2009 9000 2010 8962 2011 8677 2012 8677 2013 8672 2014 8734 2015 8792Peasants War Panorama editMain article Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany nbsp Frankenhausen Town hall nbsp Panorama Museum rotunda nbsp The tower of Bad Frankenhausen s Oberkirche is claimed to be the second most crooked tower in Germany Based on Friedrich Engels 1850 book The Peasant War in Germany Thomas Muntzer as an early revolutionary became an icon of historical materialism in East Germany At the 450 years jubilee of the battle for Frankenhaus in 1975 the then ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany SED charged the rector of the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts Professor Werner Tubke with the creation of a monumental panorama painting Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany also known as the Peasants War Panorama The work in a specially erected rotunda was finished in 1987 Depicting more than 3000 individuals the panorama is 123 metres 404 ft in length and 14 metres 46 ft in height Despite the Politburo s plans modelled on the Battle of Borodino panorama at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow Tubke realised a rather pessimistic vision of a resigned Muntzer standing alone among battling troops a Bundschuh flag on the ground at his side The Panorama was inaugurated by Kurt Hager and Margot Honecker as deputy for her husband Erich on 14 September 1989 eight weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the eventual reunification of Germany in October 1990 Today the Panorama Museum displays art shows and a collection of works of contemporary international artists Sights editFrankenhausen Castle with medieval foundations from the 14th century on served as a residence of the House of Schwarzburg Heavily damaged during the Peasants War it was rebuilt in Renaissance style between 1533 and 1536 Today it houses a museum of local history The Church of Our Lady at the Mountain colloquially called Oberkirche Upper Church completed in 1382 is known for its spire which precariously inclines to the side The imbalance caused by sinkholes of the nearby salt mines had already started to affect it in the 17th century for the Baroque top partly equalises the slant of the tower When last measured it leant at 4 8 4 increasing 6 cm 2 4 in per year and thus is the second most leaning tower of Germany after the spire of the Suurhusen Church and leaning to a greater extent than the Tower of Pisa 5 In 2014 the German federal government agreed to pay 950 000 for work to stabilise the lean of the tower fitting a steel corset thereby saving the structure from the risk of demolition 6 The Kyffhauser mountain range north of the town is the site of the Kyffhauser Monument a huge sculpture in celebration of German national unity built from 1890 to 1896 to plans by Bruno Schmitz on the ruins of a former Kaiserpfalz Notable people edit nbsp Sethus CalvisiusRudolf Aderhold 1865 1907 mycologist botanist director of the Imperial Institute of Agriculture and Forestry in Berlin Dahlem Sethus Calvisius 1556 1615 composer grew up in Frankenhausen Dapayk born 1978 producer and label owner Georg Eberhardt 1914 1943 Sturmbannfuhrer Major of the Waffen SS during World War II Ludwig Elsbett 1913 2003 inventor of the Elsbett Engine studied engineering in Bad Frankenhausen Robert H Foerderer 1860 1903 U S Congressman Reimund Neugebauer born 1953 engineer and university teacher Eva Padberg born 1980 fashion model born 27 January 1980 in Bad Frankenhausen Dieter Rex 1936 2002 painter and designer Doris Schade 1924 2012 actress born in Frankenhausen Tom Schilling choreographer de born 1928 in Esperstedt choreographer of modern dance theater Selmar Schonland 1860 1940 botanist and a founder of Rhodes University born in Bad Frankenhausen Nils Schumann born 1978 track and field athlete and Olympic 800 m champion Harald Vollmar born 1947 marksman and multiple Olympic medalist Martin Gottfried Weiss 1905 1946 war criminal commander of the Dachau concentration camp studied electrical engineering in Bad Frankenhausen Franz Winter politician born 1860 de 1860 1920 the first social democratic president of a German parliament Christa Wolf 1929 2011 novelist finished school in Bad Frankenhausen Gerhard Wolf writer de born 1928 writer and publisherTwin town edit nbsp Bad Sooden Allendorf Werra Meissner Kreis Hesse Germany since 1990 References edit Gewahlte Burgermeister aktuelle Landesubersicht Freistaat Thuringen accessed 14 July 2021 Bevolkerung der Gemeinden erfullenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thuringen Gebietsstand 31 12 2022 in German Thuringer Landesamt fur Statistik June 2023 Datenquelle Thuringer Landesamt fur Statistik Christoph Seidler Built on Salt The Leaning Tower of Bad Frankenhausen Der Spiegel 29 April 2010 Bojan Pancevski Colin Freeman Malcolm Moore Churches Challenge Leaning Tower of Pisa Sunday Telegraph 22 July 2007 Huggler Justin 20 November 2014 Europe s tallest wonky tower to be saved from collapse The Telegraph Retrieved 6 April 2017 Literature editDeutscher Stadteatlas Band IV 2 Teilband Acta Collegii Historiae Urbanae Societatis Historicorum Internationalis Serie C Im Auftrag des Kuratoriums fur vergleichende Stadtegeschichte e V und mit Unterstutzung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft hrsg von Heinz Stoob Wilfried Ehbrecht Jurgen Lafrenz und Peter Johannek Stadtmappe Bad Frankenhausen Author Heinz Stoob ISBN 3 89115 032 6 Dortmund Altenbeken 1989 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bad Frankenhausen Kyffhauser Official website in German Frankenhausen Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol IX 9th ed 1879 p 704 Frankenhausen The American Cyclopaedia 1879 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bad Frankenhausen amp oldid 1166253419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
