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'Mühlhausen' (official 'Mühlhausen/Thüringen') is a city in the federal state Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.

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History

Main sights

Districts

Notable people

Twin towns

External links

History

Mühlhausen in Thuringia is first mentioned in 967 as an Ottonian Pfalz village. 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 was an organist in the ''Divi Blasii'' church between 1708 and 1709.
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

Twin towns

★ Eschwege, Germany

★ Kronstadt, Russia

★ Münster, Germany

★ Tourcoing, France

External links

★ Official webite

★ district site

★ National Park Hainich

★ Thuringia Tourism

★ Wikitravel on Mühlhausen