Bad Blankenburg

Bad Blankenburg (German pronunciation: [bat ˈblaŋkn̩bʊʁk] ^ⓘ) is a spa town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Rudolstadt, and 37 km southeast of Erfurt. It is most famous for being the location of the first kindergarten of Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel, in 1837.

Bad Blankenburg
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Blankenburg within Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district
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Coordinates: 50°41′N 11°16′E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Subdivisions	8
Government
• Mayor (2024–30)	Thomas Schubert[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	35.62 km2 (13.75 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,843
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	07422
Dialling codes	036741
Vehicle registration	SLF
Website	www.bad-blankenburg.de

To the north of it, on an eminence, rise the fine ruins of the castle of Greifenstein, built by the German king Henry I, and from 1275 to 1583 the seat of a cadet branch of the counts of Schwarzburg.^[3]

In the nineteenth century, Bad Blankenburg was part of the small principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

Bad Blankenburg is the headquarters of Deutsche Evangelische Allianz, a cooperative network of most Protestant churches in Germany.

Historical Population

Historical Population (from 1960 as of 31 December):

1834: 1,256 1933: 4,557 1939: 5,307 1960: 10,126 1994: 8,323

1995: 8,197 1996: 8,136 1997: 8,076 1998: 8,037 1999: 7,963

2000: 7,909 2001: 7,764 2002: 7,688 2003: 7.658 2004: 7,613

2005: 7,498 2006: 7,363 2007: 7,281 2008: 7,235 2009: 7,173

2010: 7,047 2011: 6,873 2012: 6,816 2013: 6,724 2014: 6,644

Data source from 1994: Thuringian Office for Statistics

Twin towns – sister cities

Poland Tarnów Opolski, Poland