- Sondershausen
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Schloss Sonderhausen.jpg
Wappen = Wappen_Sondershausen.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 22
lon_deg = 10 |lon_min = 52
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Thüringen
Landkreis = Kyffhäuserkreis
Höhe = 208
Fläche = 114.36
Einwohner = 24532
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 99701–99706
Vorwahl = 03632
Kfz = KYF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 65 067
Gliederung = 12
Adresse = Markt 7
99706 Sondershausen
Website = [http://www.sondershausen.de/ www.sondershausen.de]
Bürgermeister = Joachim Kreyer
Partei = CDUSondershausen is a town in
Thuringia ,Germany , capital of theKyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north ofErfurt . On 1 December 2007, the former municipalitySchernberg was incorporated by Sondershausen.Until 1918 it was part of the principality of
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen .Main sights
*Sondershausen Castle, with natural history and antiquarian collections. Adapted as Palace in Renaissance times, it was later expanded in
Baroque 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 Baroque "Trinitatiskirche", a Lutheran church, with the mausoleum (1892) of the reigning princes.Sons und daughters of the city
* Rudolf Arzinger, (1922 – 1970),
Public international law
*Felix Becker (1864 – 1928), Art History
*Johann Günther Friedrich Cannabich (1777 – 1859), Geographer
* Edmund Döring (1860 – 1938),Heimatforscher
*Ernst Ludwig Gerber (1746 – 1819),Composer , Music writer,Musician
*Thilo Irmisch (1816 – 1878),Botany
* Günther Jahn (* 1933), Painter
* Olaf Koch (* 1932), Rector of the High School for Music in Berlin
*Michael Kohl (1929 – 1981),Jurist , stellv. Außenminister der DDR
*Karl Krieghoff (1905 – 1984), Heimatdichter
*Vera Lengsfeld (1952–),Politician
* Georg Lewin (1820 – 1896),Dermatology ,Faculty (university)
*Kurt Lindner (1906 – 1987), Science of Hunting
*Valentin Ernst Löscher (1674 – 1749),Theology ,Writer
* Günther Lutze (1840–1930), Botaniker, Heimatforscher, Chronist
* Joachim Manard (Manhard, Manardt) (1564–1637), Chronist der Stadt
*Ludwig Günther Martini (1647–1719), Jurist
* Hermann Müller (1891–1984), Heimatforscher
*Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (1966–), Speed skating
*Ronald Paris (1933–), Painter
* Heinz Scharr (* 1924),Visual arts
* Ferdinand Schlufter (1871–1948), Major
* Werner Schubert (1921–1991),Maler
* Johann Friedrich Suckow (1769–1842), Musician
*Johann Karl Wezel (1747–1819), Poet
*Jörg Hoffmann (* 1963), Rennrodler, Olympiasieger von 1988 in Calgary
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