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8 unusual facts about Bad Lauchstädt


Carlo Thränhardt

Carlo Thränhardt (born 1957-07-05 in Bad Lauchstädt, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German high jumper, who won the silver medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble.

Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

According to the will of John George I, Christian received Merseburg and the cities of Bad Lauchstädt, Schkeuditz, Lützen, and Zwenkauand with their castles, half of the towns of Brehna, Zörbig, and Finsterwalde, and the Margraviate of Lower Lusatia, including the towns and castles of Lübben, Dobrilugk, Finsterwalde, Guben, Luckau, Calau, and Spremberg; this settlement created the Duchy of Saxe-Merseburg with Christian as its ruler.

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

She led the government and initiated the construction of a spa in Bad Lauchstädt.

Klaus-Jürgen Grünke

Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (born March 30, 1951 in Bad Lauchstädt, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Laucha-Schwarzeiche

It was disbanded in January 2008, and its member municipalities were incorporated by Bad Lauchstädt.

Louise Elisabeth of Württemberg-Oels

Afterwards, she had trouble journeying back to Merseburg and thence to Lauchstädt.

Milzau

Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Bad Lauchstädt, prior to that it was part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Lauchstädt.

Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt

Philipp received in 1684 the town of Lauchstädt and founded the line of Saxe-Merseburg-Lauchstädt.



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