Ilfeld
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| Ilfeld | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Thuringia |
| District | Nordhausen |
| Municipal assoc. | Hohnstein/Südharz |
| Mayor | Rene Schröter-Appenrodt (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 62.33 km² (24.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 240 m (787 ft) |
| Population | 3,130 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 50 /km² (130 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | NDH |
| Postal code | 99768 |
| Area code | 036331 |
| Website | www.ilfeld.de |
| Location of Ilfeld within Nordhausen district | |
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Ilfeld is a municipality in the district of Nordhausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated at the south foot of the Harz, at the entrance to the Bährethal, 8 miles north from Nordhausen by the railway to Wernigerode.
It contains a Lutheran church, a celebrated gymnasium, once a monasterial school, with a fine library, and manufactures of parquet-flooring, paper and plaster of Paris, while another industry in the town is brewing. It is also of some repute as a health resort.
Ilfeld, as a town, dates from the 14th century, when it sprang up round a Benedictine monastery. Founded about 1190 this latter was reformed in 1545, and a year later converted into the school mentioned above, which under the rectorship of Michael Neander enjoyed a reputation for scholarship which it has maintained until to-day.
See Forstemann, Monumenta rerum Ilfeldensium (Nordhausen, 1843); M Neander, Bericht vom Kloster Ilfeld, edited by Bouterwek (Gottingen, 1873); and K Meyer, Geschichte des Kiosters Ilfeld. (Leipzig, 1897).
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