Sömmerda ( German: Sömmerda ) is a city in Germany , a regional center, located in Thuringia on the banks of the Unstrut River.
| City | |||
| Sömmerda | |||
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| Sömmerda | |||
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| A country |  Germany | ||
| Land | Thuringia | ||
| Area | Zemmerda (district) | ||
| Internal division | 8 urban areas | ||
| Chapter | Hans-Wolfgang Flegel ( Left ) | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Square | 80.70 km² | ||
| Center height | 130–140 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC + 1 , in summer UTC + 2 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 19,862 people ( 2010 ) | ||
| Digital identifiers | |||
| Telephone code | +49 3634 | ||
| Postcode | 99601–99610 | ||
| Car code | Söm | ||
| Official code | 16 0 68 051 | ||
| soemmerda.de (German) | |||
It is part of the Zemmerda district . The population is 19,862 people (as of December 31, 2010). [1] Covers an area of 80.70 km². The official code is 16 0 68 051 .
The city is divided into 8 urban areas.
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History
People live in the area of the city since ancient times. In the vicinity of the city, rich bronze-age burials belonging to the Unetitsky culture were found .
The heyday of the small town is associated with the name of Dreise , the weapons master of the inventor of the needle system of firearms. Having received an order from the Prussian government, Dreise built a plant in the city, which gradually grew into the largest arms enterprise in Europe. [2] Dreise was constantly engaged in the expansion of production, which was favorably reflected in the social development of the city. So, for example, in 1847, a city savings bank was opened in Zemmerda. In 1820, the city's population totaled only 1,900 residents living in 439 houses, and in 1851 their number increased to 4,528 and 667, respectively. The revolution of 1848 did not affect Sömmerd and Dreyze's enterprises. Most of the townspeople were associated with arms production, received a good salary and therefore remained law-abiding citizens loyal to the king. Local residents organized a self-defense detachment, armed with Dreise's needle guns, and did not allow the revolutionaries to arms arsenals. [2] At the time of the death of Dreise (1867), the arms factory had an annual turnover of 300,000 thalers, and 1397 workers were employed. For three decades, it provided with weapons not only the Prussian army, but also more than a dozen armies of other states. Draise's company became the basis for the future Rheinmetall concern.
The Rheinmetall branch in Zemmerda, whose staff after 1918 was reduced to 1,500 due to the lack of military orders, decided to try their hand at a completely different area, far from the arms business - the production of office equipment. The mechanical and electric typewriters created at the company, as well as a variety of arithmometers - manual, semi-automatic and automatic, turned out to be extremely successful and were produced without significant changes until the 1960s - until they were replaced by computer equipment. It was in Sömmerd that they were the first to create a counting machine on punch cards.
During World War II, the city was a concentration camp for prisoners of war, one of the branches of the camp Buchenwald .
During the German Democratic Republic, the Robotron factory (VEB Robotron-Büromaschinenwerk Ernst Thälmann) was located in the city, producing electronic printing machines and the first personal computers. With the formation of a united Germany, the plant changed owners several times until it became one of the production sites of Fujitsu Technology Solutions
Industry
One of the factories of Fujitsu Technology Solutions (formerly Fujitsu Siemens Computers ) is located in the city.
Famous residents
- Michael Altenburg (1584 - 1640) - German theologian, and composer. He was a priest in the church of St. Boniface.
- Johann Nikolaus von Dreise (1787 - 1867) - gunsmith, inventor of the needle-gun system. Born, lived and died in Sömmerd.
- Thomas Linke (1969) - German footballer, player of the German national team. Born in Sömmerda.