Badra, Germany

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Location of the district in Kyffhaeuser country

Badra is a municipality in the Thuringian Kyffhaeuser country Kyffhauserkreis.

  • 3.1 Structures
  • 3.2 Natural Monuments

Geography

Badra is about five kilometers west of the Kyffhäuser at the border with Saxony -Anhalt. The county town Sondershausen is about seven kilometers southwest of Badra. The place is surrounded by the natural park Kyffhaeuser. Due to the location of Badraer stream flows.

History

Badra is first mentioned as a Saxon Pfalzgut Henry the Lion in May 1197 in a document. The place was since 1356 in the possession of the House of Schwarzburg. The Church in Badra was built in 1721. Established in 1928, the nature reserve " Badraer Switzerland " is a worthy of protection steppe flora.

On December 31, 2012, the municipality Badra merged with other municipalities in the administrative community Kyffhaeuser to the municipality Kyffhaeuser country.

Population Development

Development of the population of the municipality Badra (31 December):

  • 2000 - 640
  • 2002 - 627
  • 2004 - 614
  • 2006 - 618
  • 2007 - 610

Culture and sights

Structures

  • The Protestant parish church of St. alcohol is a Baroque hall church with a south tower. The lower storeys of the tower are from the previous building, the church was rebuilt in 1721. The last renovation of the church took place in 1999.
  • The reservoir Kelbra is a retention basin, it reaches into the hallway Badra
  • The ground monument Numburg on the castle hill (251 m asl ) is located on the southern edge of the retention basin Kelbra. On the gypsum hill was an early medieval castle. To the south it was protected by a straight wall. The facility extended to the slope drop after the Helmetal (now Reservoir ). The fortification hid in the Late Middle Ages still a church of the still preserved some remains of walls.

Natural Monuments

  • "Blue Stone " is a striking glacial boulder that originates in the opinion of geologists from Sweden.
  • North of Badra is the nature reserve Badraer Switzerland, it is also part of the newly founded " Geoparks Kyffhaeuser ". The special features of this gypsum karst landscape of the Zechstein includes actively on the northern edge Erdfallgebiet.

Economy and infrastructure

Already in the GDR period, the reservoir Kelbra was a popular destination, it also serves as a water reservoir.

Traffic

By Badra the provincial road of Sondershausen leads to Kelbra.

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