Bad Oldesloe

Bad Oldesloe
House that Menno Simons is believed to have worked in
Bad Oldesloe
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Stormarn
Mayor Tassilo von Bary
Basic statistics
Area 52.60 km2 (20.31 sq mi)
Elevation 9 m  (30 ft)
Population 24,322 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 462 /km2 (1,198 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OD
Postal codes 23831–23843
Area code 04531
Website www.badoldesloe.eu

Bad Oldesloe is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the Kreis Stormarn (district).

The area has been inhabited since mesolithic times. The flint tools found here from that era (6,000 - 4,500 B.C.) are clearly defined and known as the Oldesloer Stufe. For a number of years in the 18th Century the Moravian Church had a Congregation in Bad Oldesloe. It was called "Pilgerruh", i.e. "Pilgrims' Rest". It was given up because of difficulties with the Danish Church authorities. At that time the Duchy of Holstein was ruled by the King of Denmark within the Holy Roman Empire. The famed nineteenth-century classicist and legal scholar Theodor Mommsen was born in Bad Oldesloe in 1817.

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Buildings

16th century Mennokate: Memorial for Menno Simons, founder/namegiver of the Mennonites, a group of anabaptists. He had some of his works printed in this building.

International relations

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