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Sangerhausen is a town in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen States of Germany that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of , and a population of 2.45 million ....
, 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....
, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz
Mansfeld-Südharz

Mansfeld-S?dharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
, without being part of it. It is situated southeast of the Harz
Harz

The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany. It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia....
, approx. 35 km east of Nordhausen
Nordhausen

Nordhausen is a city at the southern edge of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen . It was once known for its tobacco industry, and is still known for its distilled spirit, ....
, and 50 km west of Halle (Saale). in Sangerhausen live about 30 000 people.

erhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Thuringia, being mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor. By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country.






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Sangerhausen is a town in Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is one of the sixteen States of Germany that make up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of , and a population of 2.45 million ....
, 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....
, capital of the district of Mansfeld-Südharz
Mansfeld-Südharz

Mansfeld-S?dharz is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
, without being part of it. It is situated southeast of the Harz
Harz

The Harz is a mountain range in central Germany. It is the highest mountain chain in northern Germany occupying parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia....
, approx. 35 km east of Nordhausen
Nordhausen

Nordhausen is a city at the southern edge of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen . It was once known for its tobacco industry, and is still known for its distilled spirit, ....
, and 50 km west of Halle (Saale). in Sangerhausen live about 30 000 people.

History

Sangerhausen is one of the oldest towns in the historical region of Thuringia, being mentioned in a document of 991 as appertaining to the estates of the emperor. By marriage it passed to the landgrave of Thuringia, and after 1056 it formed for a while an independent country. Having been again part of Thuringia, it fell in 1249 to Meissen
Meissen

Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic architecture Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche....
, and in 1291 to Brandenburg
Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
. In 1372 it passed to Saxony and formed a portion of that territory until 1815, when it was united with 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....
. On 1 January 2008, the municipality of Wippra was incorporated.

Main sights

  • Altes Rathaus ("Old Town Hall"), erected in 1431-1437 after a previous edifice had been burned in 1358.
  • Church of St. Mary (Marienkirche), built in 1350 in Gothic
    Gothic architecture

    Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
     style
  • Church of St. James (Jakobikirche, 1457-1542), a late Gothic hall edifice with a nave and three aisles. It has a 61 m-high, slightly tilting bell tower with a Baroque cover. The interior has a rich decoration painted by Georg Bottschild in 1665, while the choir stalls and the high altar are from an Augustinian monastery closed in 1539. It houses also numerous tombs and effigies.
  • Church of St. Ulrich (Ulrichkirche), one of the most interesting Romanesque edifices in Germany. It is a basilica built in 1116-1123, with a bell tower added in the 15th century. It has a nave and two aisles with groin vault
    Groin vault

    A groin vault or groined vault is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults. The word groin refers to the edge between the intersecting vaults; cf....
    . The eastern part has five apses.
  • The Altes Schloss ("Old Castle"), built by the lords of Meissen
    Meissen

    Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic architecture Meissen Cathedral and the Meissen Frauenkirche....
    . Only a tower now survives. The New Palace or Neues Schloss was built by Kaspar Tryller, minister of Finances of the Electorate of Saxony
    Electorate of Saxony

    The Electorate of Saxony or Duchy of Upper Saxony was an independent hereditary Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356?1806. It was the successor state of the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg and was itself replaced in Napoleonic times by the Kingdom of Saxony ....
    , from 1612 to 1622. It is a Renaissance style, and now houses the county court.
In the vicinity are the famous Kyffhäuser Monument
Kyffhäuser Monument

The Kyffh?user Monument , also known as the Barbarossa Monument or the Kaiser Wilhelm Monument , is a monument on the summit of the Kyffh?user Mountain near Bad Frankenhausen in the state of Thuringia in central Germany....
 and the so-called Barbarossa Cave, the only anhydrite cave in Europe which ca be visited by tourists. Sangerhausen is also home to the Europa-Rosarium
Europa-Rosarium

The Europa-Rosarium Established in 1902 and originally designed by landscape architect Friedrich Erich Doerr, the rosarium covers at present over 15 hectares and posesses over 8,300 different rose cultivars, claiming to have the most comprehensive rose collection in the world....
, the largest collection of roses in the world, created in 1903.

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