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26-537: The town is situated on the river Bode , approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) west of Quedlinburg . Served by Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt trains, Thale Hauptbahnhof is the terminus of the Magdeburg–Thale railway line. The town has access to the Bundesstraße 6n highway. The town Thale consists of Thale proper and the following Ortschaften or municipal divisions: The settlement of Thale probably emerged at

52-521: A choir during prayer; that dedication date is celebrated in Reform Judaism worldwide as the founding of the denomination. In 1836 Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later named Henry E. Steinway ) built his first grand piano in his kitchen in Seesen; the instrument is today on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Seats in the municipal assembly ( Stadtrat ) as of 2006 elections: Seesen

78-539: A colossal tenderness, and from the conquered breast of rock it issued forth like sighs of passion and languorous sounds of wistfulness. The 'most devastating' floods from the Bode occurred in the years 1539, 1667, 1730, 1740, 1772 and especially at Christmas in 1925. Only on the completion of the Rappbode Dam in 1959 could the risk of flooding be eliminated. The water quantities in the Bode can vary significantly: during

104-612: A small hammer mill was established in 1686 out of which a new ironworks later developed that benefited especially from its proximity to the ore deposits and the availability of wood. It lasted until 1714. In 1740 a business was opened again. For a short time this ironworks was owned by the Prussian king Frederick the Great . Part of the Prussian Province of Saxony since 1815, the first wrought-iron wagon axle to be made in

130-767: A temperature difference of 2 °C, merge not far from the Königsburg Ruins immediately before flowing into the Königshütte Dam (a feeder dam or Überleitungssperre ). Other tributaries of the Bode include the Rappbode and the Luppbode . The Rappbode is impounded near Wendefurth by the Rappbode Dam . At the northern end of this reservoir, the Rappbode joins the Bode, which is impounded here by

156-530: Is named after a legendary giant, the wild, rampaging, Bohemian, Prince Bodo , who, according to the Rosstrappe legend, changed into a marauding dog that guarded the crown of Princess Brunhilde in the Kronensumpf ("crown marsh") in the present-day Bode Gorge ( German : Bodetal ). The gorge is the narrow section of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale . According to tradition, there

182-738: The Halberstadt prince-bishops . The monastery premises were stormed and devastated in 1525 during the German Peasants' War . From 1445 the records show that there had been an ironworks in Thale. It was rebuilt from 1648 onwards after the devastations of the Thirty Years' War as the Berghaus zum Wilden Mann , but was fully destroyed in 1670. After the secularised Halberstadt territories were incorporated by Brandenburg-Prussia ,

208-821: The Wendefurth Dam . Other tributaries of the Bode are the Goldbach , the Holtemme and the Selke . The waterfalls in the Harz are not high. The Upper Bode Falls ( Obere Bode-Fall ) on the Warme Bode are really a fast-flowing stream ( Sturzbach ) with small steps about 1 metre in height. Likewise the Lower Bode Falls ( Untere Bode-Fall ) on the Warme Bode is simply ledge of similar height. The Bodekessel in

234-638: The Bode Gorge is a former step in a large hollow, that was reduced in height in 1798 from 2 metres to 1 metre by explosive. The fourth waterfall is in the Kästental . The Bode winds its way between Treseburg and Thale through a 10-kilometre (6 mi) long, narrow valley, the Bode Gorge . Today, the valley is a nature reserve . The Bode Gorge and its villages are the primary setting for Theodor Fontane ’s novel, Cécile . The river then crosses

260-663: The Bode has a specific catchment area in the Harz, that is part of the catchment area of the Bode. The catchment areas of the various reservoirs are as follows: for the Wendefurth Reservoir, 309.2 square kilometres (119.4 sq mi), for the Rappbode Pre-Dam and Rappbode Reservoirs, 269 square kilometres (104 sq mi), and for the Königshütte Reservoir, 154.2 square kilometres (59.5 sq mi). The Mandelholz Dam impounds

286-434: The Bode ist about 3000 km² in area. Important tributaries within the Harz are the Rappbode and the Luppbode . The Rappbode is impounded at Wendefurth by the Rappbode Dam . At the northern end of the reservoir the Rappbode joins the Bode which is also impounded by the Wendefurth Dam . Other tributaries are the Goldbach , the Holtemme and the largest one, the Selke . In a hydrological sense every source stream of

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312-581: The Fowler , tried in vain to relocate the convent in 936, it came under the guardianship of the newly established Quedlinburg chapter. The adjacent village was first mentioned in a 1231 deed as Dat Dorp to dem Dale (from 1288 it was given the Latinised description de valle , and from 1303 as von Thale ). In the late Middle Ages, the estates were held by the Saxon Counts of Regenstein , vassals of

338-597: The German lands was manufactured here in 1831. In 1835 the oldest sheet steel enamel works in Europe was founded in Thale. Following the town's connexion to the railway network in 1862 with a line to Berlin the place flourished as did the number of workers. Whilst the iron industry had only 350 workers in 1872, by 1905 there were as many as 4,400. In particular, the production of enamel contributed to Thale's international renown; in its heyday Thale produced no less than 10% of

364-622: The Harz Foreland in a curving and, in places, diked and canalised, course until it discharges into the Saale at Nienburg . Important Bode tributaries are the Selke and the Holtemme. Other towns on the Bode river are Quedlinburg , Wegeleben , Gröningen , Oschersleben , Hadmersleben , Egeln and Staßfurt . The Bode gorge north of Thale is now a protected area . The catchment area of

390-657: The New Year flooding in 1925 a discharge of 350 cubic metres per second (12,000 cu ft/s) was recorded, whereas in the following summer of 1926 it fell to just 0.35 cubic metres per second (12 cu ft/s). Seesen Seesen is a town and municipality in the district of Goslar , in Lower Saxony , Germany . It is situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range, approx. 20 km (12 mi) west of Goslar . The Saxon settlement of Sehusa

416-595: The River Niger. Thale is the setting of Theodor Fontane 's novel Cécile . Fontane stayed in Thale a number of times between 1868 and 1884. Bode (river) The Bode is a river in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt , a left tributary of the Saale . It rises in the Harz mountains and drains them in a northerly direction. After 169 kilometres (105 mi) it discharges into the Saale at Nienburg . The river

442-417: The beginning of the 10th century. It was documented in 936 in connexion with the neighbouring Wendhusen Abbey, which had been founded around 825 AD as a chapter of canonesses ( Kanonissenstift ). Established by an Eastphalian comital family and based on the model of Herford Abbey , it was one of the first monasteries in the medieval Duchy of Saxony . After Queen Dowager Matilda , wife of the late King Henry

468-690: The official result of the elections for the Thale town council on 7 June 2009; Voter participation: 42.88%, Changes from the previous election in brackets) The coat of arms was approved on 11 July 1996 by the Magdeburg Regional Council ( Regierungspräsidium ). Since 1990 Thale has had a town partnership with Seesen ( Lower Saxony ) on the northwest edge of the Harz and, since 1998, with the French town of Juvisy-sur-Orge , 18 km from Paris, as well as Tillabéri in Niger , northwest of

494-400: The place, including Heinrich Heine ( Die Harzreise ) and Theodor Fontane and especially the Bode Gorge. In addition tourists from Berlin enjoyed the summer resort of Thale. This encouraged the connexion of Thale in 1862 to the railway line from Wegeleben . In 1909 a branch line from Blankenburg (Harz) followed. In 1922 the resort was given town rights . From 12 to 14 June 2009 Thale was

520-562: The romantic Bode valley in his 1826 travelogue Die Harzreise : That dusky beauty, the Bode, did not receive me very graciously, and when I first caught sight of her in the smithy-like darkness of the Rübeland, she seemed even sullen and shrouded herself in a silver-grey veil of rain: but in a rush of love she threw it off when I reached the heights of the Roßtrappe, her face lit up opposite me in sunny splendour, from every aspect breathed

546-544: The so-called Rosstrappe . Meanwhile, Bodo was turned into a dog. As her horse leapt the gorge, however, the princess lost her golden crown, which was now guarded by the dog Bodo in the valley of the river. The river was given the name Bode after the giant Bodo who was now under a spell. The Bode is heavily divided in its source region on the Brocken , the highest peak in the Harz, but its two most important source streams are the: The two rivers, which actually have

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572-559: The venue for the Saxony-Anhalt Day held under the motto Thale sagenhaft ("Legendary Thale"), and attracted around 200,000 visitors. Warnstedt was incorporated in 2003. In 2009 a total of seven municipalities were incorporated on four separate dates. Westerhausen was added in 2010. Allrode became a part of the town of Thale in 2011. The changes in area are shown in a separate table. The growth of population (from 1995 censuses were taken every 31 December) : (according to

598-729: The water of the Kalte Bode . The total catchment area of the Bode is about 3,000 square kilometres (1,200 sq mi). In the Early Middle Ages the Bode formed the border between the provinces of the Harzgau in the west and the Schwabengau in the east. The two most important Bode crossings at that time were the settlements of Ditfurt und Gröningen, mentioned frequently in the Fuldau annals. Heinrich Heine depicts

624-567: The world's production. In 1910 Karl Liebknecht , Rosa Luxemburg and Clara Zetkin spoke to Thale's workers. From 1916 steel helmets were produced in Thale. In the World War II Thale had the monopoly on this product (from 1934). Tourism blossomed from the 19th century onwards in connexion with the radon rich water of the Hubertus Spring , which had been opened up in 1836. As a result, various literary figures visited

650-522: Was first mentioned in a 974 deed issued by Emperor Otto II and Chancellor Willigis , from 1235 on it belonged to the Welf dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg who had a castle erected. In 1428 Seesen received town privileges by Duke Otto II the One-Eyed of Brunswick-Göttingen . On 17 July 1810 in Seesen, Israel Jacobson dedicated the first synagogue to use some German in its liturgy and to employ an organ and

676-421: Was once a giant called Bodo who came from Thuringia , in modern-day central Germany, to pursue Brunhilde , the king's beautiful daughter, whom he wanted to marry against her will. Brunhilde fled on a white stallion ( Ross ), but they suddenly came to a deep ravine. With one bold leap she reached the rocks on the far side, but her pursuer fell into the abyss. The hoofprint of her horse can still be seen today as

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