Bad Schmiedeberg is a small town in the

Wittenberg Wittenberg ( , ; Low Saxon language, Low Saxon: ''Wittenbarg''; meaning ''White Mountain''; officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg (''Luther City Wittenberg'')), is the fourth largest town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Wittenberg is situated on the Ri ...

district of

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. It lies within the

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History

The town was first mentioned in 1206 as ''Smedeberg''. In 1350, it was granted town rights.

Geography

The town Bad Schmiedeberg consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:Hauptsatzung der Stadt Bad Schmiedeberg
§ 15, 4 July 2019. *Bad Schmiedeberg *

Korgau Korgau is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg. Location Korgau lies 2 km south of Bad Schmiedeberg on the eastern edge of the Düb ...

Meuro Meuro is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg. Geography and transport Meuro lies about 20 km southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg a ...

* Pretzsch *

Priesitz Priesitz is a village and a former municipality in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Bad Schmiedeberg. Geography Priesitz lies about 25 kilometers southeast of Lutherstadt Wittenberg in the ...

* Schnellin * Söllichau * Trebitz

Main sights

*The Evangelical Town Church was consecrated in 1453 as a

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''Kurhaus'' ("spa house") built in 1908. *''Bundesradfahrerdenkmal'' (Federal Cyclists' Memorial), endowed by the ''Bund Deutscher Radfahrer'' (League of German Cyclists), dedicated on 17 June 1923 in honour of fallen and missing club members and sportsmen.

Cultural events

*Schmiedeberger Margarethenfest, honouring Electress Margaret of Austria. In 2006, the festival marked its 575th year, and also the town's 800th anniversary of first documentary mention.

Politics

Town council

* CDU 6 seats * FDP 3 seats *

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3 seats *

SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been t ...

1 seat *Agriculture, environment nature 1 seat *Pro Bad Schmiedeberg 1 seat *independent 1 seat

Mayor

Stefan Dammhayn was elected mayor on 3 April 2005. In April 2016 Martin Röthel (SPD) was elected mayor for seven years.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Johann Nicolaus Anton (1737-1813), Lutheran theologian * Ernst Theumer (1890-1978), Austrian politician (

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

) * Heinrich Schütz (1906-1986), concentration camp doctor

Personalities related to city

* Oskar Benecke (1874-1957 / 60), local historian and chronicler, conservationist and archive keeper,

Gallery

File:Bad_Schmiedeberg_Innenstadt.jpg, Downtown File:Bad_Schmiedeberg_Kurhaus.jpg, Art Nouveau ''Kurhaus'' ("spa house") File:Bad_Schmiedeberg_Heilbrunnen.jpg, Health Fountain (''Heilbrunnen'') at the ''Kurhaus'' File:Bad_Schmiedeberg_Kirchturm.jpg, Church tower File:Reinharz_Wasserschloss.jpg, Castle Reinharz File:Pretzsch_Elbe_flood_2010.jpg,

Elbe The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...

flood in Pretzsch

References

External links

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A British Prisoner of War's eyewitness memories of Bad Schmiedeberg in 1943-45, including the arrival of US and Russian troops into the town on April 30 1945
{{Authority control Badschmiedeberg Spa towns in Germany Wittenberg (district)