The half-timbered and university town of Schmalkalden
Monday, 12 November 2012 - 01:04 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Timber-framed houses on Salzbrücke © TOMMES-WIKI
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Schmalkalden is a town in the
Schmalkalden-Meiningen district , in the southwestern portion of Thuringia state in Germany. It is situated on the southern slope of the
Thuringian Forest at the Schmalkalde river, a tributary to the
Werra . The town has a population of 20,000.
In 2004, the title “college town” was officially awarded to the city. The FH Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences was established in its current form the 1991, thus it is one of the younger German universities.
Timber-framed houses on Salzbrücke © TOMMES-WIKI
When the Counts of Henneberg became extinct in 1583, their share was inherited by
William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel . William made the town a residence and had Wilhelmsburg Castle erected, finished in 1590. The Lordship of Schmalkalden remained an exclave of Hesse, from 1868 on it was part of the Prussian province of
Hesse-Nassau until it was incorporated into the
Province of Saxony in 1944 and in 1945 became part of the State of Thuringia.
The town sustained heavy bomb damage in World War II. From 1949 on, together with Thuringia, it became part of East Germany. After
reunification it attained its present political configuration.
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