Bad Oldesloe
| Bad Oldesloe | ||
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House that Menno Simons is believed to have worked in | ||
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  Bad Oldesloe | ||
Location of Bad Oldesloe within Stormarn district 
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| Coordinates: 53°48′42″N 10°22′27″E / 53.81167°N 10.37417°ECoordinates: 53°48′42″N 10°22′27″E / 53.81167°N 10.37417°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| District | Stormarn | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Tassilo von Bary | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 52.6 km2 (20.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 24,938 | |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 23843 | |
| Dialling codes | 04531 | |
| Vehicle registration | OD | |
| Website | www.badoldesloe.eu | |
Bad Oldesloe is a town located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is the capital of the Kreis Stormarn (district).
The area has been inhabited since mesolithic times. The flint tools found here from that era (6,000 - 4,500 B.C.) 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. The famed nineteenth-century classicist and legal scholar Theodor Mommsen was born in Bad Oldesloe in 1817.
Buildings
16th century Mennokate: Memorial for Menno Simons, founder/namegiver of the Mennonites, a group of anabaptists. He had some of his works printed in this building.
International relations
Bad Oldesloe is twinned with:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Maximilian Ahlschwede (born 1990), football player
- Katharina Fegebank (born 1977), politician (The Greens)
- Axel Fischer (born 1981), musician
- Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptress
- Julia Goerges (born 1988), tennis player
- Rouwen Hennings (born 1987), football player
People associated with the town
- Dietrich Buxtehude (around 1637-1707), organist and composer
- Axel Hager (born 1969), beach volleyball, won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze medal, grew up in Bad Oldesloe
- Raimund Harmstorf (1939-1998), actor, buried in Bad Oldesloe
- Michael Michalsky (born 1967), German fashion designer and Designer, grew up in Bad Oldesloe
- August Mommsen (1821-1913), historian
- Menno Simons (1496-1561), founder of the Mennonites, died in Wüstenfelde in Bad Oldesloe
- Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928-2001), CDU politician, Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein (1971-1982), for many years Minister, attended the TMS and made in Bad Oldesloe his Abitur
- Frank Schepke (born 1935) Olympic champion in rowing in 1960
References
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