Frankenhausen

Frankenhausen, a town of Germany, in Schwarzbürg-Rudolstadt, standing on the Wipper, 27 miles NNW. of Weimar, has brine-springs and a hospital for scrofulous children. In the vicinity are the Kyffhäuser and Falkenburg with Barbarossa's Cave. Pop. 5985. Near Frankenhausen, on 15th May 1525, the revolted peasants under Münzer were defeated by the Saxon, Brunswick, and Hessian troops.