Bad Blankenburg

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Bad Blankenburg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bad Blankenburg
Bad Blankenburg (Germany)
Bad Blankenburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Thuringia
District Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Town subdivisions 8
Mayor Frank Persike (Left)
Basic statistics
Area 35.56 km² (13.7 sq mi)
Elevation 220 m  (722 ft)
Population 7,363  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 207 /km² (536 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SLF
Postal code 07422
Area code 036741
Website www.bad-blankenburg.de

Coordinates: 50°41′0″N 11°16′0″E / 50.68333, 11.26667

Bad Blankenburg is a spa town in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 6 km southwest of Rudolstadt, and 37 km southeast of Erfurt.

It is most famous for being the location of the first kindergarten of Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel, in 1837.

In the nineteenth century, Bad Blankenburg was part of the small principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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