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| Sömmerda | ||
| federal state | Thuringia | |
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| Residents | 19.034 (2019) | |
| height | 138 m | |
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The district town with around 17,000 inhabitants Sömmerda is in the middle of the Thuringian Basin, 20 km north of Erfurt. It is a location of the electrical industry and extends to the right of the Unstrut. Sömmerda was the birthplace and place of residence of the inventor of the needle gun, Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (1787 to 1867).
getting there
By train
The Sömmerda train station is a so-called “tower station”, because this is where the electrified Erfurt – Sangerhausen line crosses the “peppermint railway”, a branch line from Straussfurt to Großheringen Thuringian Tuscany, which takes its name from the earlier peppermint cultivation in the region. The traffic cycle between Erfurt and Sömmerda is reduced to one hour; sometimes trains even run every half hour.
In the street
Sömmerda is on the A 71 Erfurt - Sangerhausen tied up. In the west-east direction is the B 176 Bad Langensalza–Merseburg worth mentioning.
By bicycle
The Unstrut cycle path passes the place west of the center.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Sömmerda owns a well, but no longer completely preserved city wall. A city gate and six city wall towers still exist 1 Church of St. Boniface
has preserved valuable pieces of equipment, including a late Gothic altar and a baroque organ. Also in the 2 Petrikirche a medieval carved altar is preserved.
activities
shop
kitchen
- 1 Karnette restaurant, Marktstr. 11, 99610 Sömmerda. Tel.: 49(0)3634 601911, Email: [email protected]. Italian restaurant, but also Thuringian dishes.Open: Tue - Fri 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5 p.m. - 11 p.m., Sat 5 p.m. - 12 a.m., Sun 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Mondays are closed.
nightlife
- 1 Schwarze Katz - The art pub, Marktstrasse 5, 99610 Sömmerda. Tel.: 49(0)3634 622356, Fax: 49(0)3634 315880, Email: [email protected]. Sunday brunch with live music, every 2nd Friday live music, various other events.
accommodation
- 1 Hotel Pension Balkan, Thomas-Müntzer-Str. 5, 99610 Sömmerda. Tel.: 49(0)3634 610031, Fax: 49(0)3634 610035, Email: [email protected]. Open: Restaurant: daily 5:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.Price: single room from € 40, double room from € 55 (breakfast € 5 extra!).
- 2 Hotel Erfurter Tor, Kölledaer Str. 33, 99610 Sömmerda. Tel.: 49(0)3634 3320, Fax: 49(0)3634 332299, Email: [email protected]. Outside terrace available.Open: Restaurant: Mon - Thu 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (kitchen until 10:00 p.m.).Price: single room from € 72, double room from € 90.
- 3 Holiday apartment Leubingen, Ludwig-Bechstein-Strasse 2 (formerly Breitscheidstrasse 2), 99610 Sömmerda OT Leubingen. Tel.: 49(0)3634 3726337, Email: [email protected]. Price: Price per night from 49 €.
trips
- Koelleda (10 km east, B 176) - Gothic Wippertuskirche.
- Heroics (26 km north) - Heldrungen Fortress.
- Bad Frankenhausen (30 km north) - the gateway to Kyffhauser; Peasant War Monument.
- Erfurt (31 km south, A 71 / B 4) - Thuringian state capital with nationally important sights such as the cathedral, St. Severi or the Krämerbrücke.
literature
- Dietrich Wolf: Sömmerda yesterday - today, 1994, 96 pages, Günter Hartmann, ISBN 3-980-39310-0
- Bärbel Albold: Sömmerda. Small town and industrial location, 1998, 128 pages, Sutton Verlag, ISBN 3-897-02068-8
- Bärbel Albold: Sömmerda industrial history, 2007, Sutton Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86680-157-8
- Günter Fromm: The Sömmerda railway junction and its routes, 1999, 200 pages, H. Rockstuhl, ISBN 3-932-55459-0
Web links
- http://www.soemmerda.de - Official website of Sömmerda
