Bad Oldesloe

Bad Oldesloe
Bad Oldesloe
	House that Menno Simons is believed to have worked in
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bad Oldesloe within Stormarn district
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	Coordinates: 53°48′42″N 10°22′27″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Stormarn
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Lembke
Area
• Total	52.6 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	24,744
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	23843
Dialling codes	04531
Vehicle registration	OD
Website	www.badoldesloe.eu

Bad Oldesloe (German pronunciation: [ˈbaːt ˌɔldəsˈloː]) is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the district of Stormarn.

The area has been inhabited since Mesolithic times. The flint tools found here from that era (6000–4500 BC) 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 kings of Denmark within the Holy Roman Empire.

On 24 April 1945 the town was heavily bombed by Allied forces in the final days of the Second World War in Germany. Three hundred buildings were destroyed, and 706 people were killed as a result of the operation.[2]

Buildings

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

Transport

Bad Oldesloe station is located on the Lübeck–Hamburg and the Neumünster–Bad Oldesloe railways.

Notable people

Hermann Olshausen (1796–1839), theologian
Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881), botanist and pharmacist
Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903), classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician, archaeologist, writer, and classicist
August Mommsen (1821–1913), historian
Klaus Bargsten (1911–2000), captain and sole survivor of sunken U-521
Henning Schwarz (1928–1993), CDU politician
Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptress and contemporary artist
Rüdiger Schmidt-Grépály (born 1952), Cultural Manager at the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Axel Hager (born 1969), beach volleyball player; won bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (grew up in Bad Oldesloe)
Katharina Fegebank (born 1977), politician (The Greens)
Rouwen Hennings (born 1987), football player
Julia Görges (born 1988), tennis player
Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 1990), football player
Dan-Patrick Poggenberg (born 1992), football player
Wincent Weiss (born 1993), singer and model
Dren Feka (born 1997), professional footballer

International relations

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References

"Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2018 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).
Kuhlmann-Schultz, Kerstin (10 September 2014). "24. April 1945 — Oldesloes schwarzer Tag" [24 April 1945 - Oldesloe's black day]. Lübecker Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.

External links

www.badoldesloe.de

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[1] "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2018 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).

[2] Kuhlmann-Schultz, Kerstin (10 September 2014). "24. April 1945 — Oldesloes schwarzer Tag" [24 April 1945 - Oldesloe's black day]. Lübecker Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 May 2019.