Arnstadt

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Arnstadt
Church of J.S. Bach
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Ilm-Kreis
Town subdivisions	6
Mayor	Hans-Christian Köllmer
Basic statistics
Area	55.29 km² (21.3 sq mi)
Elevation	288 m (945 ft)
Population	25,500 (31/12/2006)
- Density	461 /km² (1,195 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	IK
Postal codes	99301–99310
Area code	03628
Website	www.arnstadt.de Coordinates: 50°50′3″N 10°56′47″E / 50.83417, 10.94639

Arnstadt is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, situated on the Gera River. It is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia and is nicknamed Das Tor zum Thüringer Wald, The Gate to the Thuringian Forest.

Modern Arnstadt has a population of approximately 25,000. It is a manufacturing center, with glassworks and foundaries, as well as glove-manufacturing and wood-finishing businesses. Manganese is one of the ores mined in the vicinity.

1 History
2 Main sights
3 People
4 In the arts
5 Twinnings

[edit] History

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In the 14th century Arnstadt was ruled by the counts of Schwarzburg and later became a capital of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

The composer Johann Sebastian Bach, whose family lived for generations in the vicinity of Arnstadt, began his musical career in the city. Most Bach scholars believe his well-known "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" was written here between 1703 and 1709.

[edit] Main sights

Arnstadt has a beautifully kept Old City, restricted to pedestrian traffic. Some of its noteworthy buildings include the 13th-century Church of Our Lady and an 18th-century palace.

[edit] People

Eugenie Marlitt
Willibald Alexis
Ludwig Bechstein
Paul Keller

[edit] In the arts

In literature Arnstadt is (hypothetically) one of the closest towns to the fictional displaced town of Grantville West Virginia and is featured in various deep back ground stories published in The Grantville Gazettes e-publications.

[edit] Twinnings

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