Bad Oldesloe () is a town located in the northern

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state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the district of Stormarn. The area has been inhabited since

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...

times. The flint tools found here from that era (6000–4500 BC) are clearly defined and known as the ''Oldesloer Stufe''. For a number of years in the 18th Century the Moravian Church had a congregation in Bad Oldesloe. It was called "''Pilgerruh''", i.e. "Pilgrims' Rest". It was given up because of difficulties with the Danish Church authorities. At that time, the Duchy of Holstein was ruled by the kings of Denmark within the Holy Roman Empire. On 24 April 1945 the town was heavily bombed by

Allied An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

forces in the final days of the Second World War in Germany. Threehundred buildings were destroyed, and 706 people were killed as a result of the operation.

Buildings

16th century Mennokate: Memorial for Menno Simons, founder and eponym of the Mennonites, a group of

anabaptist Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...

s. He had some of his works printed in this building.

Transport

Bad Oldesloe station is located on the Lübeck–Hamburg and the

Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe railway The Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe railway is an approximately 45-kilometer-long single-track, non-electrified main line in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It connects the central Holstein town of Neumünster station, Neumünster with Bad Olde ...

Notable people

Hermann Olshausen Hermann Olshausen (21 August 1796 – 4 September 1839) was a German theologian. Biography Olshausen was born at Oldeslohe in Holstein. He was educated at the universities of Kiel (1814) and Berlin (1816), where he was influenced by Schleiermach ...

(1796–1839), theologian * Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881), botanist and pharmacist * Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903), classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, writer, and classicist *

August Mommsen The Mommsen family is a German family of influential historians. *Jens Mommsen (1783–1851) ∞ Sophie Elisabeth Krumbhaar (1792–1855) **Theodor Mommsen (1817-1903), 1902 Nobel Laureate in Literature ∞ Marie Reimer (1832–1907) ***Marie Momms ...

(1821–1913), historian *

Klaus Bargsten Klaus Bargsten (31 October 1911 – 25 October 2000) was the captain and sole survivor of the sunken . He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Career ''U-521'' under Bargsten's command was sunk on 2 June 1943 by the United ...

(1911–2000), captain and sole survivor of sunken

U-521 German submarine ''U-521'' was a Type IXC U-boat of Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. She was built by the Deutsche Werft yard at Finkenwerder, Hamburg with yard number 336. Commissioned in June 1942, she was commanded by '' ...

Henning Schwarz Henning Schwarz (24 October 1928 – 13 April 1993) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was interim Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein during the Barschel affair. Life Schwarz was born in Bad Oldesloe. ...

(1928–1993), CDU politician * Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptress and contemporary artist *

Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (born 13 July 1952 in Bad Oldesloe, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German cultural manager and Director of the Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Research and academic career After leaving school in 1 ...

(born 1952), Cultural Manager at the

Klassik Stiftung Weimar The Klassik Stiftung Weimar (''Classical Foundation Weimar'') is one of the largest and most significant cultural institutions in Germany. It owns more than 20 museums, palaces, historic houses and parks, as well as literary and art collections, ...

Axel Hager Axel Hager (born 14 March 1969) is a beach volleyball player from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, partnering Jörg Ahmann. He also represented his native c ...

(born 1969), beach volleyball player; won bronze medal at the

2000 Sydney Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

(grew up in Bad Oldesloe) * Katharina Fegebank (born 1977), politician ( The Greens) * Rouwen Hennings (born 1987), football player *

Julia Görges Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. A former top-ten singles player, she was ranked as high as No. 9 in the world on 20 August 2018, and was ranked inside the top 15 in doubles, peaking at world No ...

(born 1988), tennis player * Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 1990), football player *

Dan-Patrick Poggenberg Dan-Patrick Poggenberg (born 28 March 1992) is a German footballer who plays as a left-back. Career He joined Chemnitzer FC on loan for the 2014–15 season where he made 37 appearances. He joined MSV Duisburg for the 2015–16 season. On 9 ...

(born 1992), football player * Wincent Weiss (born 1993), singer and model *

Dren Feka Dren Feka (born 9 June 1997) is a Kosovo Albanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for KF Dukagjini. Club career Luzern On 24 June 2017, Feka signed to Swiss Super League side FC Luzern, Luzern. ...

(born 1997), professional footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Oldesloe is twinned with: * Be'er Ya'akov, Israel * Jifna, Palestine *

Kołobrzeg Kołobrzeg ( ; csb, Kòlbrzég; german: Kolberg, ), ; csb, Kòlbrzég , is a port city in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in north-western Poland with about 47,000 inhabitants (). Kołobrzeg is located on the Parsęta River on the south coast o ...

, Poland * Olivet, France

References

External links

www.badoldesloe.de
{{Authority control Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Stormarn (district) Spa towns in Germany