Bad Lobenstein

Bad Lobenstein
Coat of arms
Bad Lobenstein
Location of Bad Lobenstein within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°27′0″N 11°39′0″E / 50.45000°N 11.65000°ECoordinates: 50°27′0″N 11°39′0″E / 50.45000°N 11.65000°E
Country	Germany
State	Thuringia
District	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Peter Oppel (SPD)
Area
• Total	48.94 km^2 (18.90 sq mi)
Population (2014-12-31)[1]
• Total	6,073
• Density	120/km^2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	07351–07356
Dialling codes	036651
Vehicle registration	SOK
Website	www.moorbad-lobenstein.de

Bad Lobenstein is a spa town in the Saale-Orla-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany with a population of about 6,000 inhabitants. The town, grouped round a rock, upon which stand the ruins of an old castle, is exceedingly picturesque. It contains a spacious parish church, a palace (until 1824 the residence of the princes of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf), and a hydropathic establishment. The manufactures include dyeing, brewing and cigar-making.^[2]

History

Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Lobenstein was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera.

References

1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). 8 September 2015.
2.  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lobenstein". Encyclopædia Britannica 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 837.