Sondershausen

Sondershausen
Sondershausen
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Kyffhäuserkreis
Town subdivisions	12
Mayor	Joachim Kreyer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	114.36 km2 (44.15 sq mi)
Elevation	208 m  (682 ft)
Population	24,532  (31 December 2006)
- Density	215 /km2 (556 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KYF
Postal codes	99701–99706
Area code	03632
Website	www.sondershausen.de Coordinates: 51°22′0″N 10°52′0″E / 51.36667°N 10.86667°E / 51.36667; 10.86667

Sondershausen is a town in Thuringia, Germany, capital of the Kyffhäuserkreis district, situated about 50 km north of Erfurt. On 1 December 2007, the former municipality Schernberg 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 and 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), Painter and Sculptor
• Volker Strübing (* 1971), book author, cabaret artist and songwriter
• 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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