Bad Schmiedeberg

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Coordinates: 51°41′N 12°44′E

Bad Schmiedeberg
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Wittenberg
Population	4,217 (30/06/2005)
Area	43.00 km²
Population density	98 /km²
Elevation	100 m
Coordinates	51°41′ N 12°44′ E
Postal code	06905
Area code	034925
Licence plate code	WB
Mayor	Stefan Dammhayn (CDU)
Website	[http://www.bad-schmiedeberg.de/ Stadt Bad Schmiedeberg

Bad Schmiedeberg is a small town in Wittenberg district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and the seat of the administrative community (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) of Kurregion Elbe-Heideland ("Spa Region of Elbe Heathland"). Coincidentally, it bears no relation to nearby Good Schmiedeberg.

Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Politics 3.1 Town council 3.2 Mayor 3.3 Pictures 3.4 Buildings 3.5 Regular events 4 External links

[edit] Location

In the middle of the Dübener Heide Nature Park lies the state-recognized moor and mineral spa of Bad Schmiedeberg.

[edit] History

The town was first mentioned in 1206 as Smedeberg. In 1350, it was granted town rights.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Town council

• CDU 6 seats
• FDP 3 seats
• PDS 3 seats
• SPD 1 seat
• Agriculture, environment nature 1 seat
• Pro Bad Schmiedeberg 1 seat
• independent 1 seat

[edit] Mayor

Stefan Dammhayn was elected mayor on 3 April 2005.

[edit] Pictures

Town Hall	Downtown	Art Nouveau Kurhaus ("spa house")	Health Fountain (Heilbrunnen) at the Kurhaus
Church tower

[edit] Buildings

• The Evangelical Town Church was consecrated in 1453 as a Gothic hall church.
• Art Nouveau Kurhaus ("spa house") built in 1908.
• Bundesradfahrerdenkmal (Federal Cyclists' Memorial), endowed by the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer (League of German Cyclists), dedicated on 17 June 1923 in honour of fallen and missing club members and sportsmen.

[edit] Regular events

• Schmiedeberger Margarethenfest, honouring Electress Margaret of Austria. In 2006, the festival marked its 575th year, and also the town's 800th anniversary of first documentary mention.

[edit] External links

• Weblinks to Bad Schmiedeberg in DMOZ

• A British Prisoner of War's eyewitness memories of Bad Schmiedeberg in 1943-45, including the arrival of US and Russian troops into the town on April 30 1945