Bad Salzungen
Bad Salzungen (German: [baːt ˈzalt͡sʊŋən] (
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Spa | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Salzungen within Wartburgkreis district | |
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Coordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Thuringia |
District | Wartburgkreis |
Subdivisions | 14 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Klaus Bohl |
Area | |
• Total | 98.5 km2 (38.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 20,244 |
• Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Postal codes | 36433 |
Dialling codes | 03695 |
Vehicle registration | WAK, SLZ |
Website | www.badsalzungen.de |
Geography
Location
Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Tiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south of Eisenach.
Neighbouring communities
Bad Salzungen borders on Barchfeld-Immelborn, Leimbach, Moorgrund, Stadtlengsfeld, Tiefenort, Weilar and Urnshausen in Wartburgkreis and Breitungen/Werra in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district.
Twin towns - sister cities
Bad Salzungen is twinned with:[2]
Mezőkövesd, Hungary (1969) Strakonice, Czech Republic (1977) Bad Hersfeld, Germany (1990) Ishøj, Denmark (1994)
Infrastructure
Near the town, there is a Bundeswehr barrack, the Werratal-Kaserne, which was built in 1972 for the GDR Army.
Bad Salzungen station is located on the Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway.
Notable people
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756), Baroque composer
- Heinrich Beck (1878-1937), engineer and inventor of the Beck arc lamp and headlamp Beck
- Fritz Wagner (1895-1966), a machinist, Reichsbanner-official, party official (SPD/SED) and chairman of the council of Meiningen district
- Gerhard Unger (1916-2011), tenor
- Hans-Ulrich Jörges (born 1951), journalist, Stern magazine
- Steffen Skel (born 1972), luger
- Alexander Zickler (born 1974), soccer player and German international
- Mark Zimmermann (born 1974), football player and coach at FC Carl Zeiss Jena
- Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), Nordic Combined
- Christian Hirte (born 1976), German politician (CDU)
- Philipp Marschall (born 1988), biathlete and former cross-country skier
- Thomas Bing (born 1990), cross-country skier
References
- "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften nach Geschlecht in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2018". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). September 2019.
- "Partnerstädte der Stadt Bad Salzungen". badsalzungen.de (in German). Bad Salzungen. Retrieved 2019-11-27.
External links
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