Bad Tennstedt
Bad Tennstedt (German: [baːt ˈtɛnˌʃtɛt] (
listen)) is a town in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 27 km east of Mühlhausen, and 24 km northwest of Erfurt.
Bad Tennstedt | |
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 Osthöfer Tor. | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Tennstedt within Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 51°9′14″N 10°50′14″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Tennstedt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jens Weimann (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.27 km2 (10.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,462 |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 99955 |
| Dialling codes | 036041 |
| Vehicle registration | UH |
| Website | www.badtennstedt.de |
The Romantic poet Novalis worked here from 1794 until 1796. During his stay he met Sophie von Kühn, his later fiancée.
Personality
Natives
- Christoph Schmidt (1629-1676), merchant and alderman, grandfather of Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
- Johann August Ernesti (1707-1781), educator, scholar and theologian
People associated with Tennstedt
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1828)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), stayed for curative treatments in 1816 Tennstedt, of this now reminds the Goethe House
- Friedrich von Hardenberg (pseudonym Novalis, 1772-1801), was from 1794 to 1796 employed in Tennstedt in Saxon Management Service
- Warren William (1894-1948), American film star of the 1930s with ancestors from Tennstedt
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2019". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). August 2020.
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