Bad Soden

Bad Soden (German: [baːt ˈzoːdn̩] (listen); also: Bad Soden am Taunus) is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. It had a population of 22,563 as of 2017, up from 21,412 in 2005.

Bad Soden
Residential building in Bad Soden, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Soden
Bad Soden
Bad Soden
Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictMain-Taunus-Kreis
Subdivisions3 Stadtteile: Bad Soden, Neuenhain, Altenhain
Government
  MayorFrank Blasch (CDU)
Area
  Total12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Lowest elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
  Total22,645
  Density1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
65812
Dialling codes06196, 06174 (Altenhain)
Vehicle registrationMTK
Websitewww.bad-soden.de

Information

Bad Soden is a residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main and other surrounding cities. It is known for its various springs, which contain carbonic acid gas and various iron oxides. The waters are used both internally and externally, and are widely exported. Soden lozenges (German: Sodener Pastillen), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am Taunus.

Mayors

Mayors from 1893:[2]

  • 1893–1912: Georg Busz
  • 1912–1920: Friedrich Höh
  • 1920–1923: Niederschulte
  • 1925–1937: Alfred Benninghoven
  • 1937–1939: Jakob Rittgen
  • 1939–1945: Karl Bohle
  • 1945–1948: Kuno Mayer
  • 1948–1957: Gilbert Just
  • 1957–1967: August Karl Wallis
  • 1967–1973: Helmuth Schwinge
  • 1973–1977: Hans-Helmut Kämmerer
  • 1977–1985: Volker Hodann
  • 1985–1986: Hans Jörg Röhrich (official by the government)
  • 1986–1992: Berthold R. Gall
  • 1992–2004: Kurt E. Bender
  • 2004–2018: Norbert Altenkamp
  • 2018–present: Frank Blasch

Notable people

Otto Frank (1961)
  • Christian Seybold (1695–1768), artist of the era of Baroque; was baptized in Neuenhain (Taunus), lived until 1715 in Soden
  • Georg Thilenius (1868–1937), ethnologist and anthropologist
  • Peter Lang (1878–1954), member of the parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic
  • Otto Frank, (1889–1980), father of Anne Frank, worked in Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family.
  • Elvira Bach (born 1951), German artist and painter, she was born in Neuenhain (Taunus) and lives in Berlin since 1970
  • Sabine Winter (born 1992), German table tennis player, was born in Bad Soden.
  • Michael Jung (born 1983), German equestrian

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Soden is twinned with:[3]

References in Literature

In Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, the Scherbatskys retire to Bad Soden to cure Kitty's illness.

In Ivan Turgenev's "Spring Torrents," Dimitry Sanin takes a trip with his future lover, Gemma, and her current fiancé to Soden, "a small town about half an hour's distance from Frankfurt".

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See also

References

  1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2018". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2019.
  2. Joachim Kromer: Bad Soden am Taunus Bestehen aus der Geschichte. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1990.
  3. "Die fünf Partnerstädte von Bad Soden am Taunus". bad-soden.de (in German). Bad Soden am Taunus. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
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