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| Sondershausen | ||
| federal state | Thuringia | |
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| Residents | 21.513 (2019) | |
| height | 208 m | |
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Sondershausen is the county seat of the Kyffhäuserkreis in Thuringia in the valley of the Wipper between the ridges of the Hainleite and the Windleite, with approx. 20,000 inhabitants.
background
getting there
By plane
By train
Sondershausen is located on the Erfurt - Nordhausen branch line, on which regional trains run every hour. The train station is about 1 kilometer west of the city center.
By bus
In the street
On the road, Sondershausen can be reached via federal highway 4 from the motorway junctions Nordhausen (A 38 north of Sondershausen) and Erfurt (A4 south of Sondershausen).
By boat
From Sondershausen the Wipper is a suitable river for Water hikers.
By bicycle
The Unstrut-Werra cycle path runs through Sondershausen.
On foot
Hikers on the Barbarossaweg come through Sonderhausen.
mobility
Sondershausen has an extensive city bus system and a bus station as a starting point for cross-country trips. There is one right in the center of town Caravan space.
Tourist Attractions
As the old royal seat of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, you can still visit many interesting historical buildings (Sondershausen picture collection), especially around the market in Sondershausen, although in GDR times, unfortunately, entire parts of the old town had to give way to a new district.
- 1 Castle with castle museum. extensive collections, including the golden carriage. The current events of the castle museum are available here.
- 2 Trinity Church. with a leaning tower and crypt of the last prince, is used a lot for cultural events.
- 3 Sondershausen adventure mine. in the district of Großfurra in the oldest potash plant in Germany. Has the same number of highlights, such as a large slide, boat trips and bowling alley at a depth of over 600 m. The underground concerts and sporting events (bike races, marathons) are a magnet for visitors.
activities
The surroundings of Sondershausen with Windleite, Hainleite and Kyffhäuser Mountains offer very good opportunities for hiking and cycling in the woods (but nothing for flatland cyclists). The 37 hiking and 8 cycling routes that lead through Sondershausen and the surrounding area are probably evidence of this (Description of the hiking routes with many pictures),
With the Castle Festival a new tradition was established in 2006. This open-air festival takes place in June / July every year, with one piece of music theater being the focus.
- The Sondershäuser Loh Orchestra, which cooperates with the Nordhausen Theater (Dates of the Loh Orchestra).
- The Thuringian State Music Academy has established itself in Sondershausen (www.landesmusikakademie-thueringen.de).
shop
Newly redesigned Hauptstraße / Wezelstraße as a shopping street with many small shops and the castle gallery, the shopping center at the beginning of the Hauptstraße.
kitchen
- 1 Restaurant & ice cream parlor "Drei Linden", Lindenplatz, 99706 Sondershausen (Grossfurra). Tel.: (0)3632 603934, Email: [email protected]. .
- 2 Pizza house Sondershausen, Franz-Liszt-Strasse 1, 99706 Sondershausen. Tel.: (0)3632 57025. Pizzeria with delivery service.Open: Thu - Tue 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., Wed is closed.
nightlife
The possibilities are limited in Sondershausen as in the surrounding cities. A welcome change is the cinema64 cinema, and the restaurant in the bowling alley below, outside in summer and in a glass pavilion in winter. Discos often take place in “Stocksen” in the Stockhausen district.
accommodation
- 1 Pension "Haus Waldheim", Erfurter Strasse 29, 99706 Sondershausen. Tel.: (0)3632 758779, Fax: (0)3632 758780, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.Price: Prices: single 39 €, double 62 €, breakfast 4 € p.p., extra bed per room 14 €..
- 2 Pension Glückauf, Salzstrasse 17, 99706 Sondershausen. Tel.: (0)3632 600588, Fax: (0)3632 759494, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.Price: Single from € 30, double from € 48.
- 3 Hotel Thuringer Hof, Hauptstrasse 30–32, 99706 Sondershausen. Tel.: (0)3632 656-0, Fax: (0)3632 656-11, Email: [email protected]. There is a café, restaurant, bar and pub with international and Thuringian specialties.Open: Reception: Mon - Sat 6.30 a.m. - 10 p.m., S 7.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
- 4 Pension Engel, Zur Aue 1, 99706 Sondershausen OT Berka / Wipper. Tel.: (0)3632 750499, Fax: (0)3632 750497, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.Price: single from € 34, double from € 57.
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Practical advice
trips
Recreation park antics: The recreation park is not directly in the city Antics. Free enclosures for bears, roe deer and fallow deer as well as wild boars can be visited without having to pay admission (parking fee of 2 euros benefits the animals). Of course there is also a restaurant (in proper style in the former Possen hunting lodge), a beer garden and of course a children's playground. The Possens plateau is part of the Hainleite and is approx. 200 m above the nearby town. A trim path has been created for wheelchair users. There are several ways to hike in the beech forests. Significant hiking trails lead over the antics, such as the Barbarossaweg, the Hainleiteweg and the main Eisenach-Wernigerode hiking trail. If there is snow in winter, even beginners can practice cross-country skiing on flat trails. The highlight in the truest sense of the word is Poss tower, with 42 m the highest lattice tower in Germany, which of course can also be climbed over 200 steps. The tower was made accessible again by an association and many donations. More information on the antics in the Picture collection antics. Arrival: From Sondershausen on the B 4 towards Erfurt. About 1 km after leaving the town, use the antics driveway on the left. But you can also go over very nicely Hiking trails Reach the antics from the city center.
Affenwald and Feuerkuppe Holiday Park: About 10 km from Sondershausen (towards Wipperdorf-Bleicherode) you will find a in Straußberg / Thuringia Monkey forest (Among other things, ring-tailed lemurs are kept in a fenced forest that you can walk through.), A summer toboggan run and the Holiday park Feuerkuppe.
literature
- Bruno Falley, Siegfried Lange: Sondershausen. Thuringian Cities, Issue 11. Perthes, Gotha 1994, ISBN 3-623-00972-5
- Hendrik Bärnighausen: Historical buildings and sights in Sondershausen. Donhof, Arnstadt 1990, ISBN 3-86162-004-9
- Benno Busch: Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church in Sondershausen. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 1997, ISBN 3-7954-5838-2
- Bettina Bärnighausen: Sondershausen around 1900. Donhof, Arnstadt 1991, ISBN 3-86162-005-7
- Dorothea Ott, Martin Seils: The Luther Academy in Sondershausen. A documentation. Rostock Theological Studies, Volume 9. Lit, Münster, Hamburg and London 2003, ISBN 3-8258-6772-2
- Hans Mikosch: Despite the swastika and wreath of ears of corn. The path taken by the Luther Academy in Sondershausen from 1932 to 1962. Freimund-Verlag, Neuendettelsau 2005, ISBN 3-86540-009-4
- Peter Larsen (Ed.): Max Bruch in Sondershausen. (1867-1870). Hainholz Musikwissenschaft, Volume 8. (On the occasion of the first Max Bruch Festival / Musicological Symposium on June 14/15, 2001 in Sondershausen.) Hainholz, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-932622-74-X
- Eberhard von Wasielewski: Sondershausen. Echo of a youth. Donhof, Arnstadt 1992, ISBN 3-86162-008-1
Web links
http://www.sondershausen.de - Official website of Sondershausen
- www.usa-sondershausen.de Focus on tourist information with WetterCam
- www.trinitatisgemeinde-sondershausen with event information for the Trinity Church.
- Wallpaper Sondershausen Extensive collection of sights
