Bad Blankenburg () 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.
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.
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 Tarnów Opolski, Poland
References
External links
Friedrich Fröbel Museum at Bad Blankenburg Bad Blankenburg