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Mühlhausen (official Mühlhausen/Thüringen) is a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in the federal state Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich
Unstrut-Hainich

Unstrut-Hainich is a Kreis in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Eichsfeld , Kyffh?userkreis, S?mmerda , Gotha , Wartburgkreis and the district Werra-Mei?ner in Hesse....
 district, and lies along the river Unstrut
Unstrut

The Unstrut is a river in Germany, left tributary of the Saale. It originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelst?dt . In its lower reaches, it flows through Saxony-Anhalt and empties into the Saale near Naumburg....
. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.
hausen in Thuringia is very first mentioned in 967 as an Ottonian
Ottonian

The Ottonian dynasty was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , named after its first emperor but also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin....
 Pfalz
Pfalz

Pfalz may refer to:*several historic states of the Holy Roman Empire , see Palatinate*Rheinland-Pfalz, a state of Germany, see Rhineland-Palatinate...
 village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
. It had its period of glory during the 13th through the 15th century.

The radical reformer Thomas Müntzer preached in St.






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Mühlhausen (official Mühlhausen/Thüringen) is a city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
 in the federal state Thuringia
Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich
Unstrut-Hainich

Unstrut-Hainich is a Kreis in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Eichsfeld , Kyffh?userkreis, S?mmerda , Gotha , Wartburgkreis and the district Werra-Mei?ner in Hesse....
 district, and lies along the river Unstrut
Unstrut

The Unstrut is a river in Germany, left tributary of the Saale. It originates in northern Thuringia near Dingelst?dt . In its lower reaches, it flows through Saxony-Anhalt and empties into the Saale near Naumburg....
. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.

History

Mühlhausen in Thuringia is very first mentioned in 967 as an Ottonian
Ottonian

The Ottonian dynasty was a dynasty of List of German Kings and Emperors , named after its first emperor but also known as the Saxon dynasty after the family's origin....
 Pfalz
Pfalz

Pfalz may refer to:*several historic states of the Holy Roman Empire , see Palatinate*Rheinland-Pfalz, a state of Germany, see Rhineland-Palatinate...
 village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
. It had its period of glory during the 13th through the 15th century.

The radical reformer Thomas Müntzer preached in St. Marien church in 1525.

Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and organ whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque music period and brought it to its ultimate maturity....
 was an organist in the Divi Blasii
Saint Blaise

Saint Blaise was a physician, and bishop of Sebastea, Armenia . According to his Acta Sanctorum, he was martyred by being beaten, carding , and beheaded....
 church between 1708 and 1709. After the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, the city was part of the Prussia
Prussia

Prussia was, most recently, a historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. This state had for centuries substantial influence on Germany and European history....
n Province of Saxony
Province of Saxony

The Province of Saxony was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia and later the Free State of Prussia from 1816 until 1945. Its capital was Magdeburg....
.

From 1944 into March 1945 the Buchenwald administration opened a women's subcamp directly outside Mühlhausen. The women in the small camp worked under brutal conditions for little food. The women were deported in April 1945 to Bergen Belsen.

Main sights

  • Historic city wall
  • City archives
  • 11 churches
  • National Park Hainich


Districts

The city of Mühlhausen consists of five districts:
  • Mühlhausen (33,660 inhabitants)
  • Felchta (990 inhabitants)
  • Görmar (1,109 inhabitants)
  • Saalfeld (211 inhabitants)
  • Windeberg (260 inhabitants)


Notable people

  • Günter Fromm (1926-1994), author
  • Adolph Methfessel (1807-1878), composer
  • Ernst Methfessel (1811-1886), composer
  • John (Johann) August Roebling (1806-1869), civil engineer
  • Friedrich August Stüler, architect


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    , France
    France

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  • Eschwege
    Eschwege

    Eschwege , the district seat of the Werra-Mei?ner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany....
    , Germany
    Germany

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  • Münster
    Münster

    M?nster is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region and it is also capital of the government region M?nster ....
    , Germany
  • Kronstadt
    Kronstadt

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    , Russia
    Russia

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