Bad Blankenburg

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo =
Wappen = Coat of Arms Bad Blankenburg Germany.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 41 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 16 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Thüringen
Landkreis = Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Höhe = 220
Fläche = 35.56
Einwohner = 7363
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 07422
Vorwahl = 036741
Kfz = SLF
Gemeindeschlüssel = 16 0 73 005
Gliederung = 8
Straße = Markt 1
Website = [http://www.bad-blankenburg.de/ www.bad-blankenburg.de]
Bürgermeister = Frank Persike
Partei = PDS

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 Froebel, in 1837.

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

External links

* [http://www.heidecksburg.de/froebelmuseum_eng.htm Friedrich Froebel Museum at Bad Blankenburg]
* [http://www.bad-blankenburg.de/ Bad Blankenburg]