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

Bad Oldesloe
Town
House that Menno Simons is believed to have worked in
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Oldesloe within Stormarn district
Bad Oldesloe Show map of Germany Bad Oldesloe Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
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  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	24,784
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23843
Dialling codes	04531
Vehicle registration	OD
Website	www.badoldesloe.de

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Oldesloe is twinned with:[3]

• Be'er Ya'akov, Israel
• Jifna, Palestine
• Kołobrzeg, Poland
• Olivet, France

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bad Oldesloe.

• www.badoldesloe.de

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[ru] Бад-Ольдесло