Oberweißbach (or Oberweissbach, ) is a town and a former municipality in the district of

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Weimarer Land, Saale-Holzland, Saale-Orla, the district Kronach in Bavaria, and the districts S ...

, 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 ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. Since 1 January 2019, it is part of the town Schwarzatal.Gebietsänderungen von Januar bis Dezember 2019

Statistisches Bundesamt The Federal Statistical Office (german: Statistisches Bundesamt, shortened ''Destatis'') is a federal authority of Germany. It reports to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The Office is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and ...

Geography

Oberweißbach is situated in the

Thuringian Forest The Thuringian Forest (''Thüringer Wald'' in German), is a mountain range in the southern parts of the German state of Thuringia, running northwest to southeast. Skirting from its southerly source in foothills to a gorge on its north-west side ...

, southwest of

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin. Geography ...

. It is a nationally recognized

resort town A resort town, often called a resort city or resort destination, is an urban area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town has one or more actual resorts in the surrounding ...

in the

Thuringian Forest Nature Park Thuringian Forest Nature Park (german: Naturpark Thüringer Wald) is one of two nature parks in the state of Thuringia, Germany. Founded in 1990, and expanded in 2018, the nature park now covers and area of more than . It extends around the Renns ...

in the Weißbachtal. It was the seat of the former municipal administration Bergbahnregion/Schwarzatal with communities of Cursdorf,

Deesbach Deesbach is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. People from Deesbach * Elmar Faber Elmar Faber (1 April 1934 – 3 December 2017) was a German book publisher. Biography Faber was born in Deesbach, Thur ...

Katzhütte Katzhütte is a municipality in the district Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. Geography The municipality Katzhütte is the centre of the upper Schwarza valley. History The borders of the present day town were formed in 1950 by the co ...

, Oberweißbach and Meuselbach-Schwarzmühle. On 1 December 2008, Oberweißbach incorporated the former municipality Lichtenhain/Bergbahn. Colloquially this area is called '' Raanz,'' based on the primary transportation method of the pharmacists, the backpack. These pharmacists shaped this region between the 16th and 20th centuries. The town of Oberweißbach consisted of two districts: * Oberweißbach / Thüringer Wald and * Lichtenhain/Bergbahn.

Notable people

Rudolph Beyer Rudolph Beyer (October 30, 1889 – February 23, 1970) was an American bookkeeper, chemical and surgical glassblower and Socialist politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born in Oberweißbach, Germany, but came to Milwaukee with his parent ...

, Socialist glassblower and state senator in

Milwaukee Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

- born in Oberweißbach *

Friedrich Fröbel Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (; 21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique ne ...

, teacher and creator of the concept of the

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

- born in Oberweißbach * Michèle Kiesewetter, police officer murdered by neo-Nazis - born in Oberweißbach

References

External links

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Former municipalities in Thuringia {{SaalfeldRudolstadt-geo-stub