Bad Schmiedeberg Explained

Type:	Stadt
Image Coa:	DE-ST 15-0-91-020 Bad Schmiedeberg COA.png
Coordinates:	51.6881°N 12.7375°W
Image Plan:	Bad Schmiedeberg in WB.svg
State:	Sachsen-Anhalt
District:	Wittenberg
Elevation:	100
Area:	159.99
Postal Code:	06905
Area Code:	034925
Licence:	WB
Gemeindeschlüssel:	15091020
Website:	www.bad-schmiedeberg.de
Mayor:	Heike Dorczok^[1]
Leader Term:	2023 - 30

Bad Schmiedeberg is a small town in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies within the Düben Heath Nature Park.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1206 as Smedeberg. In 1350, it was granted town rights.

Geography

The town Bad Schmiedeberg consists of the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions:^[2]

• Bad Schmiedeberg
• Korgau
• Meuro
• Pretzsch
• Priesitz
• Schnellin
• Söllichau
• Trebitz

Main sights

• The Evangelical Town Church was consecrated in 1453 as a Gothic hall church.
• Art Nouveau Kurhaus ("spa house") built in 1908.
• Bundesradfahrerdenkmal (Federal Cyclists' Memorial), endowed by the Bund Deutscher Radfahrer (League of German Cyclists), dedicated on 17 June 1923 in honour of fallen and missing club members and sportsmen.

Cultural events

• Schmiedeberger Margarethenfest, honouring Electress Margaret of Austria. In 2006, the festival marked its 575th year, and also the town's 800th anniversary of first documentary mention.

Politics

Town council

• CDU 6 seats
• FDP 3 seats
• PDS 3 seats
• SPD 1 seat
• Agriculture, environment nature 1 seat
• Pro Bad Schmiedeberg 1 seat
• independent 1 seat

Mayor

Stefan Dammhayn was elected mayor on 3 April 2005. In April 2016 Martin Röthel (SPD) was elected mayor for seven years.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Nicolaus Anton (1737-1813), Lutheran theologian
• Ernst Theumer (1890-1978), Austrian politician (SPÖ)
• Heinrich Schütz (1906-1986), concentration camp doctor

Personalities related to city

• Oskar Benecke (1874-1957 / 60), local historian and chronicler, conservationist and archive keeper,

External links

• • A British Prisoner of War's eyewitness memories of Bad Schmiedeberg in 1943-45, including the arrival of US and Russian troops into the town on April 30 1945

Notes and References

1. https://wahlergebnisse.sachsen-anhalt.de/wahlen/bmbm/index.html Bürgermeisterwahlen in den Gemeinden, Endgültige Ergebnisse
2. https://www.bad-schmiedeberg.de/images/Satzungen/Hauptsatzung_2019.pdf Hauptsatzung der Stadt Bad Schmiedeberg