Sangerhausen

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Sangerhausen Rathaus01.jpg
image_caption = Old Town Hall of Sangerhausen
Wappen = Wappen_Sangerhausen.pnglat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 28 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 18 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Sachsen-Anhalt
Landkreis = Mansfeld-Südharz
Höhe = 154
Fläche = 207.63
Einwohner = 29631
Stand = 2007-12-31
PLZ = 06526
Vorwahl = 03464
Kfz = MSH
Website = [http://www.sangerhausen.de/ www.sangerhausen.de]
Bürgermeister = Fritz-Dieter Kupfernagel
Partei = Die Linke

Sangerhausen (IPA2|zaŋɐˈhaʊzən) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz, without being part of it.It is situated southeast of the Harz, approx. 35 km east of Nordhausen, and 50 km west of Halle (Saale). in Sangerhausen live about 30 000 people.

History

Sangerhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Thuringia, being mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor. By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country. Having been again part of Thuringia, it fell in 1249 to Meissen, and in 1291 to Brandenburg. In 1372 it passed to Saxony and formed a portion of that territory until 1815, when it was united with Prussia. On 1 January 2008, the municipality of Wippra was incorporated.

Main sights

*"Altes Rathaus" ("Old Town Hall"), erected in 1431-1437 after a previous edifice had been burned in 1358.
*Church of St. Mary ("Marienkirche"), built in 1350 in Gothic style
*Church of St. James ("Jakobikirche", 1457-1542), a late Gothic hall edifice with a nave and three aisles. It has a 61 m-high, slightly tilting bell tower with a Baroque cover. The interior has a rich decoration painted by Georg Bottschild in 1665, while the choir stalls and the high altar are from an Augustinian monastery closed in 1539. It houses also numerous tombs and effigies.
*Church of St. Ulrich ("Ulrichkirche"), one of the most interesting Romanesque edifices in Germany. It is a basilica built in 1116-1123, with a bell tower added in the 15th century. It has a nave and two aisles with groin vault. The eastern part has five apses.
*The "Altes Schloss" ("Old Castle"), built by the lords of Meissen. Only a tower now survives. The New Palace or "Neues Schloss" was built by Kaspar Tryller, minister of Finances of the Electorate of Saxony, from 1612 to 1622. It is a Renaissance style, and now houses the county court.In the vicinity are the famous Kyffhäuser Monument and the so-called Barbarossa Cave, the only anhydrite cave in Europe which ca be visited by tourists.Sangerhausen is also home to the Europa-Rosarium, the largest collection of roses in the world, created in 1903.

ources

*1911

External links

* [http://www.sangerhausen.de/ Official website]