Bad Mergentheim
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Stuttgart
District	Main-Tauber-Kreis
Town subdivisions	Kernstadt and 13 Stadtteile
Lord Mayor	Lothar Barth (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	129. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany (Deutschland is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen States, known in German as Länder (singular Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany. A Regierungsbezirk is a type of government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states ( ''Bundesländer'') Stuttgart is one of the four administrative districts ( Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-east of the state of German districts (de ''Kreise'' or de ''Landkreise'' in the states of Nordrhein-Westfalen and Schleswig-Holstein, singular de ''Kreis'' and de ''Landreis'' A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city A quarter is a section of an urban settlement Its borders can be administratively chosen (then denoted as Borough) and it may have its own administrative structure The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city with special recognition In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 97 km² (50. 2 sq mi)
Elevation	206 m  (676 ft)
Population	22,449  (31/12/2006)
- Density	173 /km² (447 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	TBB
Postal code	97980
Area code	07931
Website	www.bad-mergentheim.de Coordinates: 49°30′0″N 9°46′0″E / 49.5, 9.76667

Bad Mergentheim (Mergentheim until 1926) is a town in the Main-Tauber district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time German car number plates ( Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered __FORCETOC__ Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen abbreviated to PLZ consist of five digits which indicate the wider area (first two digits and the see also Telephone numbering in Germany for further codes including service numbers cell phones etc A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states ( Bundesländer) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

History

Mergentheim is mentioned in chronicles as early as 1058, as the residence of the family of the counts of Hohenlohe, who early in the 13th century assigned the greater part of their estates in and around Mergentheim to the Teutonic order. For the district in Germany see Hohenlohe (district. For other uses see Hohenlohe (disambiguation. In 1340 Mergentheim got Town privileges. 'City rights' redirects here See also Municipal charter. Town privileges were important features of European Towns during It rapidly increased in fame, and became the most important of the eleven commanderies of that society. On the secularization of the Teutonic Order in Prussia in 1525, Mergentheim became the residence of the grand master, and remained so until the final dissolution of the order in 1809 by Napoleon. Secularization or secularisation generally refers to the process of transformation by which a Society migrates from close identification with religious institutions The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe.

Bad Mergentheim's fortunes were reversed in 1826, when a shepherd discovered rich mineral springs in the surrounding area, during the time when spas were expanding in Germany at a rapid pace. The water turned out to be the strongest sodium-sulfate water in all of Europe, especially good for the treatment of digestive disorders.

In the 1970s several neighbouring villages were incorporated during the "Gemeindereform".

Villages

(inhabitants)
Althausen (600), Apfelbach (350), Dainbach (370), Edelfingen (1. 400), Hachtel (360), Herbsthausen (200), Löffelstelzen (1. 000), Markelsheim (2. 000), Neunkirchen (1000), Rengershausen (480), Rot (260), Stuppach (680), Wachbach (1. 300)

Main sights

Deutschordenschloss

Deutschordenschloss - Interior including Deutschordensmuseum and Schlosskirche Towers.

The most interesting sight in Bad Mergentheim is the Deutschordenschloss, the medieval castle where the Teutonic Knights once had their home base. The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. It is a complex of buildings built over a period of eight hundred years. The first buildings of the castle were probably already erected in the 12th century. The castle was expanded in the late 16th century under Grand Master Walter von Cronberg. Over the course of time a representative Renaissance complex was built by connecting the individual buildings in the inner palace courtyard to a closed ring of buildings. The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere In 1574, the main architect, Blasius Berwart, also constructed the spiral staircase between the west and north wing still famous today. Today the castle houses the Deutschordensmuseum (Museum of the Teutonic Order). A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the

The castle complex is dominated by the Schlosskirche (Castle Church), built in 1730 in Baroque style. Year 1730 ( MDCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc Its Rococo interior features elaborate ceiling frescos by the court painter Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber, depicting The Defense of Faith, the Glorification of the Cross in Heaven and on Earth and the Emperor Constantine's Vision of the Cross. Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and Interior design. Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (27 February ca. 272 &ndash 22 May 337 commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or Saint Constantine Almost 200 years ago the Schlosskirche became an Evangelische Kirche or Protestant church.

Modern facilities

• Löffelstelzen Transmitter

Twin towns

• Digne-les-Bains, France
• Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche, France
• Fuefuki, Japan
• Borgomanero, Italy

Notable residents and natives

Spiral staircase in the Deutschordensmuseum. Löffelstelzen Transmitter is a broadcasting facility of SWR at Bad Mergentheim -Löffelstelzen in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Digne-les-Bains or simply and historically Digne ( Occitan: Dinha in classical norm or Digno in Mistralian norm is a commune of This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Sainte-Marie-du-Mont is a small village and commune in the Manche department of Normandy in northwestern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. is a city located in Yamanashi, Japan. The city was founded on October 12, 2004 from the merger of six towns and villages from For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Borgomanero is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

• 1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, (1854-1899), inventor of the linotype^[1]
• 1894 Felix Fechenbach, (1894-1933) German journalist, poet and political activist, who was murdered by the Nazis
• 1944 Barbara Stamm, German politician and vice-chairwoman of the CSU
• 1955 Fritz Kuhn, German politician and former co-chairman of the German Green Party
• 1982 Martin Lanig, German footballer
• Eduard Mörike, German poet, lived in Bad Mergentheim from 1844-1851. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Ottmar Mergenthaler ( May 11, 1854 &ndash October 28, 1899) was a German Inventor, who has been called a second Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Felix Fechenbach ( January 28, 1894 - August 7, 1933) was a German Journalist, Poet and political activist Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Barbara Stamm (born October 29 1944 in Bad Mergentheim) is a German politician of the CSU. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Fritz Kuhn (born June 29, 1955) is a German politician He was co-chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, the German Green Party, from The Alliance '90/The Greens ( Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) the German Green party, is a Political party in Germany whose regional Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Martin Lanig (born July 11, 1984 in Bad Mergentheim) is a Midfielder playing for VfB Stuttgart in the German Eduard Friedrich Mörike ( Ludwigsburg, September 8, 1804 &ndash June 4, 1875 in Stuttgart) was a German Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year
• Ludwig van Beethoven, was viola player in the court's musical establishment of the Hochmeister (Grand Master) of the Teutonic Knights Maximilian Franz of Austria in 1791. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. The grand master (Hochmeister Magister generalis is the holder of the supreme office of the Teutonic Order. The Teutonic Order is a German Roman Catholic religious order. Maximilian Francis von Habsburg-Lothringen ( 8 December 1756 at Hofburg Imperial Palace, Austria - 26 July 1801

Notes

References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone

See also

• Wildpark Bad Mergentheim