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Sondershausen

Sondershausen
Town
Coat of arms of Sondershausen
Coat of arms
Location of Sondershausen within Kyffhäuserkreis district
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Sondershausen is located in Germany
Sondershausen
Sondershausen
Sondershausen is located in Thuringia
Sondershausen
Sondershausen
Coordinates: 51°22′N 10°52′E / 51.367°N 10.867°E / 51.367; 10.867
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictKyffhäuserkreis
Subdivisions12
Government
 • Mayor (2024–30) Steffen Grimm[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total
114.36 km2 (44.15 sq mi)
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
21,317
 • Density190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
99701–99706
Dialling codes03632
Vehicle registrationKYF, ART, SDH
Websitewww.sondershausen.de

Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, central Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km (30 mi) north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg was merged with Sondershausen.

Until 1918 it was part of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

Sondershausen Palace
Marketplace with "Alte Wache" and castle
View over the marketplace
Look over the town, Stockhausen
Palace
St. Matthias Church in Stockhausen

Geography

Sondershausen is situated in North Thuringia and lies in a 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. The town is surrounded by mixed forests, dominated by beech.

Subdivisions

The city districts are:

  • City centre
  • Borntal
  • Hasenholz
  • Östertal
  • Großberndten
  • Himmelsberg
  • Hohenebra
  • Immenrode
  • Kleinberndten
  • Schernberg
  • Straußberg
  • Thalebra

Culture and main sights

Museums

Sondershausen Palace houses a large museum with three different exhibit areas. Special exhibits are the "Golden Coach" [de], the only one of its kind in Germany, and the legendary bronze figurine "Püstrich" [de]. There are special guided tours of the palace's storage depot, cellar, tower, and park.

Other places of interest include a former mine under the city, and a Jewish bath from the 14th century.

Buildings

  • Sondershausen Palace, with natural history and antiquarian collections. Built as a palace during the Renaissance, expanding from an earlier fort, it was later expanded further in a Baroque style (1764–1771). Especially noteworthy are the "Blue Hall" and the gardens.
  • The previous 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"
  • Main building of the "Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium Sondershausen" (a grammar school)
  • A mikveh
  • "Haus der Kunst" ("House of the Arts") theatre
  • Rathaus (city hall)
  • Gottschalcksches Haus (House of Gottschalck)

Churches

  • The Baroque Trinitatiskirche, a Lutheran church with a mausoleum containing the graves of the last members of the princely family
  • Crucis Church, the oldest building in Sondershausen
  • St. Matthias Church, a historical structure 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

Sister cities

Sondershausen is twinned with three cities:[3]

References

  1. ^ Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
  3. ^ "Partnerstädte". Sondershausen. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenebra