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| Country | Germany |
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| State | Thuringia |
| District | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis |
| Lord Mayor | Hans-Dieter Dörbaum |
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| Area | 86.34 km2 (33.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 216 m (709 ft) |
| Population | 36,874 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 427 /km2 (1,106 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | UH |
| Postal code | 99974 |
| Area code | 03601 |
| Website | www.muehlhausen.de |
| Location of the town of Mühlhausen within Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district | |
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Mühlhausen (official Mühlhausen/Thüringen) is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.
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History
Mühlhausen is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia. It said to have been fortified in 925, and is first documented in 967 as an Ottonian village. Its early importance is shown by the grant of privileges made to it by the German King Henry the Fowler (876–936), and by the Imperial Diet held here in 1135. Its period of glory was the 13th through the 15th century.
During the Reformation, Mühlhausen became one of the chief seats of the Anabaptists. The radical reformer Thomas Müntzer preached in the Church of Saint Mary in 1525, and was captured in the vicinity and executed in the town.
Johann Sebastian Bach was an organist in the Church of Saint Blaise in 1708 and 1709.
Internal dissensions and injuries received during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) and the Seven Years' War (1756–1763) reduced Mühlhausen to unimportance. In 1802 it lost its independence and passed to Prussia. In 1807 it was attached to the kingdom of Westphalia, but in 1815 it again became part of the Prussian Province of Saxony.
From 1944 to March 1945, a women's slave labor camp was directly outside Mühlhausen (a branch of the Buchenwald camp). The women were deported in April 1945 to Bergen Belsen.
Main sights
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- Historic city wall
- City archives
- 11 churches
- National Park Hainich
Districts
The city of Mühlhausen consists of five districts:
- Mühlhausen (33,660 inhabitants)
- Felchta (990 inhabitants)
- Görmar (1,109 inhabitants)
- Saalfeld (211 inhabitants)
- Windeberg (260 inhabitants)
Notable people
- Günter Fromm (1926-1994), author
- Adolph Methfessel (1807-1878), composer
- Ernst Methfessel (1811-1886), composer
- John (Johann) August Roebling (1806-1869), civil engineer
- Friedrich August Stüler, architect
- John (Johann) A. Etzler, author, socialist theorist
- John Augustus Roebling (1806 -1869) civil engineer famous for the design of the Brooklyn Bridge.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Mühlhausen is twinned with:
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mühlhausen/Thüringen |
- Official website
- district site
- National Park Hainich
- Thuringia Tourism
- Wikitravel on Mühlhausen
"Mühlhausen". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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