Bad Tennstedt

Bad Tennstedt
Osthöfer Tor.
Bad Tennstedt
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Thuringia
District Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Tennstedt
Mayor Jörg Klupak (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 27.27 km2 (10.53 sq mi)
Elevation 172 m  (564 ft)
Population 2,525 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 93 /km2 (240 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate UH
Postal code 99955
Area code 036041
Website www.badtennstedt.de

Bad Tennstedt is a town in the Unstrut-Hainich district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 27 km east of Mühlhausen, and 24 km northwest of Erfurt.

The Romantic poet Novalis worked here from 1794 until 1796. During his stay he met Sophie von Kühn, his later fiancee.

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