Bad Lobenstein
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Location of Bad Lobenstein within Saale-Orla-Kreis district
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| 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 | Thomas Weigelt (Ind.) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 48.94 km2 (18.90 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 560 m (1,840 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 6,146 | |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/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. Until 2005, the town was named Lobenstein.
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.
Within the German Empire (1871-1918), Lobenstein was part of the Principality of Reuss-Gera.
Blazon: "In red floating the silver-black divided trunk of a bracke"
The trunk of the bracke (a certain type of dog group) is the crest of Principality of Reuss-Greiz (German: Fürstentum Reuß-Greiz). The image was already used in 15th century as coat of arms for the town.
Lobenstein could come from "Lobe den Stein" which means "Praise the stone".
A legend describes how the inhabitants believe the town's name might have been established. It is believed that emperor Ludwig the Bavarian, who lived from 1328 to 1347 announced "Praise the stone" as he had lost and found his favourite dog in this region during hunting for deer. He was looking for the dog for quite a while until finally one of his knights found the tired and slightly injured dog lying on a stone. The knight caried the dog to his master, who was so grateful, he gave this piece of land as fief to the knight. In memory of this event, the place received the name Lobenstein and caried from now on the head of a bracke in its coat of arms.
The town is located in the Thuringian Slate Mountains between Thuringian Forest and Franconian Forest, western to the Saale river dams Hohenwarte and Bleiloch next to Gräfenwarth.
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