Sondershausen: Former Principality Capital with Baroque Palace in Thueringen
Sondershausen was the capital of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen until 1918 and retains a cultural infrastructure disproportionate to its size. The Schloss Sondershausen, a large baroque and Renaissance palace complex, houses a museum and the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen, one of Germany's oldest orchestras, founded in 1801. About 21,800 people live here in the Kyffhaeuserkreis of Thueringen.
Nordhausen is roughly 25 kilometres northwest. The Kyffhaeuser hills, with their Barbarossa monument, lie to the east. Potash mining has been economically important since the 19th century, and the Erlebnisbergwerk Sondershausen, a former potash mine, now operates as a visitor attraction with underground concerts in a converted mine chamber at 700 metres depth.
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Sondershausen was the capital of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen until 1918 and retains a cultural infrastructure disproportionate to its size. The Schloss Sondershausen, a large baroque and Renaissance palace complex, houses a museum and the Loh-Orchester Sondershausen, one of Germany's oldest orchestras, founded in 1801. About 21,800 people live here in the Kyffhaeuserkreis of Thueringen.
Nordhausen is roughly 25 kilometres northwest. The Kyffhaeuser hills, with their Barbarossa monument, lie to the east. Potash mining has been economically important since the 19th century, and the Erlebnisbergwerk Sondershausen, a former potash mine, now operates as a visitor attraction with underground concerts in a converted mine chamber at 700 metres depth.
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