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Sondershausen is a town in
Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
, central Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of
Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen. Until 1918 it was part of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.


Geography

Sondershausen is situated in North Thuringia and lies in low mountain range between Hainleite (in the north) and Windleite (in the south). The highest mountain is the Frauenberg to the west of the town. A little river called Wipper flows through Sondershausen. Around the town there are mixed forests (especially with beech trees).


Subdivisions

The city districts are:


Culture and main sights


Museums

In the
Sondershausen Palace From an architectural and art historical point of view Sondershausen Palace can be considered one of the most important palace complexes in Thuringia. It is an irregular four-wing complex. With its imposing silhouette the former Schwarzburg residenc ...
there is a large museum with three different exhibit areas. Special exhibits are the Golden Coach, the only of its kind in Germany, and the legendary Püstrich. There are possible special guided tours of demonstrationdepot, cellar, tower and park of the castle, too. Under the city there is a mine to visit. To visit is a Jewish bath from the 14th Century since 1999 under the gallery on the Schlossberg.


Buildings

* Sondershausen Palace, with natural history and antiquarian collections. Adapted as Palace in Renaissance times, it was later expanded in
Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...
forms (1764–1771). Especially noteworthy are the "Blue Hall" and the gardens. * The Old Princes' Palace (1721–1725), a residence of the princes from 1835 to 1851. It currently houses the district administration office of the Kyffhäuserkreis. * The Octagonal House * "Alte Wache" * "Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Sondershausen" building I. (a grammar school) * mikveh * theatre "Haus der Kunst" (translated: "house of art") * Rathaus (city hall) * Gottschalcksches Haus (House of Gottschalck)


Churches

* The Baroque ''Trinitatiskirche'', a Lutheran church, with the mausoleum (1892) of the reigning princes. * Crucis Church, the oldest building of Sondershausen. * St. Matthias Church, the historicist construction is considered one of the most beautiful churches in the region * St. Petri Church in Jechaburg * St. Georg Church in Bebra * St. Viti Church in Berka * St. Bonifatius Church in Großfurra * St. Johannis Church in Oberspier * Church of Großberndten * Church St. Mauritii in Himmelsberg * Church Gloria Deo in Hohenebra * Church of Immenrode * Church St. Johannes in Kleinberndten * St. Crucis Church in Schernberg * Church of Thalebra * St. Elisabeth Church (catholic)


Notable people

* Rudolf Arzinger (1922–1970), public international law * Felix Becker (1864–1928), art historian *
Regina Miriam Bloch Regina Miriam Bloch (November 1888 – 1 March 1938) was a Jewish writer and poet. Biography She was born in Sondershausen, in the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (present-day Thuringia), and educated in Berlin and London. She was t ...
(1888–1938), writer and poet * Johann Günther Friedrich Cannabich (1777–1859), geographer * Edmund Döring (1860–1938), Heimatforscher * Ernst Christoph Dressler (1734–1779), composer, operatic tenor, violinist and music theorist * Ernst Ludwig Gerber (1746–1819), composer, music writer, musician * Jörg Hoffmann (born 1963), Rennrodler, Olympiasieger von 1988 in Calgary * Thilo Irmisch (1816–1878),
botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
* Günther Jahn (born 1933), Painter *
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(1929–1981),
Jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyses and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal qualification in law and often a legal practitioner. In the U ...
, stellv. Außenminister der DDR * Olaf Koch (born 1932), Rector of the High School for Music in Berlin * Karl Krieghoff (1905–1984), local poet *
Vera Lengsfeld Vera Lengsfeld (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician. She was a prominent civil rights activist in East Germany and after the German reunification she first represented the Alliance 90/The Greens and then the German Christian Democratic U ...
(born 1952), politician * Georg Lewin (1820–1896),
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,
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* Georg Richard Lewin * Kurt Lindner (1906–1987), Science of Hunting * Valentin Ernst Löscher (1674–1749), theologian, writer * Günther Lutze (1840–1930), botanist, Heimatforscher, chronicler * Joachim Manard (Manhard, Manardt) (1564–1637), chronicler of the town * Ludwig Günther Martini (1647–1719), jurist * Curt Mücke (1885–1940), Painter * Carl Moeller (1867–1920), pastor and Heimatforscher * Hermann Müller (1891–1984), Heimatforscher * Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), Speed skating * Ronald Paris (1933–2021), Painter * Werner Schubert (1921–1991), Painter * Heinz Scharr (born 1924),
Visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, design, crafts and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual art, and textile art ...
* Ferdinand Schlufter (1871–1948), Major * Volker Strübing (born 1971), book author, cabaret artist and songwriter * Johann Friedrich Suckow (1769–1842), musician *
Johann Karl Wezel Johann Karl Wezel (October 31, 1747, in Sondershausen, Germany – January 28, 1819, in Sondershausen), also Johann Carl Wezel, was a German poet, novelist, and philosopher of the Enlightenment. Life Born the son of domestic servants, Wezel ...
(1747–1819), poet


Sister cities

Sondershausen is twinned with three cities: * Rolla, Missouri, United States *
Pecquencourt Pecquencourt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Geography Climate Pecquencourt has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfb''). The average annual temperature in Pecquencourt is . The average annual rainfa ...
, France * Kazlų Rūda, Lithuania


References


External links

* {{Authority control Kyffhäuserkreis Schwarzburg-Sondershausen