Bad Liebenzell

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Coordinates: 48°46′N 8°44′E

Bad Liebenzell
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region	Karlsruhe
District	Calw
Population	9,550 (2004)
Area	33.8 km²
Population density	283 /km²
Elevation	333 m
Coordinates	48°46′ N 8°44′ E
Postal code	75378
Area code	07052, 07084
Licence plate code	CW
Mayor	Volker Bäuerle (SPD)
Website	bad-liebenzell.de

Bad Liebenzell is a spa town in the Nagold River valley, the northern part of the Black Forest. It was first mentioned in 1090 and is the heart of the Liebenzeller Mission (a religious movement).

Bad Liebenzell is part of the Calw district; it is itself comprised of seven districts by the inner city: Möttlingen, Unterhaugstett, Monakam, Beinberg, Unterlengenhardt und Maisenbach-Zainen. Bad Liebenzell has also had an alliance with Villaines la Juhel in France since 1992.

Contents 1 Politics 1.1 Town Council 1.2 Coat of Arms and Flag 2 Economy and Infrastructure 3 Culture and Sights 4 Important People

[edit] Politics

[edit] Town Council

Outcome of the local elections on 13 June 2004:

CDU	54.9 %	+1.7	12 seats	+1
SPD	24.3 %	-0.7	5 seats	±0
GAL	20.8 %	-0.6	4 seats	±0
Others	0.0 %	-0.5	0 seats	±0

[edit] Coat of Arms and Flag

Under a black deer antler on blue lies a silver tent on a black and gold base containing a golden bathtub, in which a bathing woman sits. The Bad Liebenzeller city colours are blue and white.

[edit] Economy and Infrastructure

Bad Liebenzell is on the Nagoldtalbahn, a railway line from Pforzheim to Horb am Neckar on the nationwide route network.

Bad Liebenzell also has at its disposal a Grundeschule (elementary school), Hauptschule (secondary school), Realschule, and Förderschule. There is an elementary school outside the city in the Möttlingen and Unterhaugstett districts.

[edit] Culture and Sights

Bad Liebenzell lies on the Ostweg (east way), a trail from Pforzheim to Schaffhausen, on which one can find many sights, including:

• The Stauferburg from the 13th century is the most impressive building of Bad Liebenzells.
• Monaturm (a mobile radio tower at 8°44'09" E, 48°47'18" N)
• South of Bad Liebenzell, a 110kV-three phase powerline of the EnBW spans the Nagold river valley for 941 meters.

[edit] Important People

• 1842, 1 June, Christoph Blumhardt (in Möttlingen), † 2 August 1919 in Jebenhausen, German theologian and politician (SPD), MdL (Württemberg)

The Protestant theologian and minister Christoph Blumhardt (1842-1919) and his father Johann Blumhardt (1805-1880) worked in Möttlingen. They performed faith healings in Möttlingen which caused a sensation all over Germany. Johann later founded a spiritual guidance center in Bad Boll. Christoph became friends with Eduard Mörike and stayed in contact with numerous other writers of his time.