First mentioned in writing in the year 1119, the city developed into a manufacturing and trading hub during the 18th century, in particular with its renowned bell foundry and flourishing textile industry. Even today, knitwear made in Apolda is synonymous with fashion and quality.
More than 20,000 bells from Apolda all around the world, including the large bell of the Cologne Cathedral, stand for the skilled craftsmanship of the past bell founders. Nowadays, numerous public buildings, mansions and bourgeois houses lend the city a unique flair of Gründerzeit and Art Nouveau.
Schwarze Strichzeichnungen von Babys, tanzenden Menschen und bellenden Hunden wurden zum Markenzeichen des US-amerikanischen Künstlers Keith Haring (1958–1990), einer zentralen Figur der New Yorker Kunstszene der 1980er Jahre.
Malerei von Rolf Köhn
Auch in diesem Jahr laden die Apolda-für-Entdecker-Führungen ein, die Stadt einmal wieder neu zu erkunden.
