Arnstadt
[key], city, Thuringia, E Germany, on the Gera River. Known for its glove-manufacturing
industries, Arnstadt also has glassworks, wood-finishing works, and foundries. Fluorspar and
manganese are mined nearby. Arnstadt passed to the counts of Schwarzburg in the 14th cent. and
later was the capital of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen. Noteworthy buildings
include the 13th-century Church of Our Lady and an 18th-century palace. J. S. Bach was
organist (1703–5, 1706–7) at the Church of St. Boniface there.
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