Bad Zwesten

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Coordinates: 51°2′N 9°10′E

Bad Zwesten
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Kassel
District	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Population	4,251 (31/12/2004)
Area	39.45 km²
Population density	108 /km²
Elevation	210 m
Coordinates	51°2′ N 9°10′ E
Postal code	34596
Area code	05626
Licence plate code	HR
Mayor	Michael Köhler
Website	Gemeinde Bad Zwesten

Bad Zwesten is a community in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse, Germany.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Location 1.2 Constituent communities 2 History 3 Politics 3.1 Municipal council 4 Economy and infrastructure 4.1 Economy 4.2 Transport 5 Literature 6 Reference 7 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Bad Zwesten lies about 8 km southeast of Bad Wildungen on the river Schwalm, which belongs to the Eder watershed. North of the community begins the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park.

[edit] Constituent communities

• Betzigerode
• Niederurff
• Oberurff-Schiffelborn
• Wenzigerode
• Zwesten (administrative seat)

[edit] History

Zwesten had its first documentary mention about the year 800. In 1913 came the discovery of a mineral spring, which in 1960 was officially declared a recognized Heilquelle (≈health spring).

Within the framework of municipal reform in Hesse, the formerly independent communities of Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff-Schiffelborn, Wenzigerode and Zwesten were amalgamated into the new, united community of Zwesten in 1972. In 1992, the community was granted official recognition as a spa, allowing it to prefix the designation Bad – German for "bath" – to its name.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

Municipal representation consists of 23 members.

• CDU 6 seats
• SPD 10 seats
• Greens 3 seats
• FWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats
• Bürgerliste (citizens' coalition) 2 seats

(as of municipal elections on 26 March 2006)

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Economy

The spa of Bad Zwesten bases its burgeoning prosperity on its Löwensprudel ("Lion's Fizzy Water"). In this spa town, two clinics are to be found, Hardtwald Clinics I and II with about 650 beds.

[edit] Transport

Bad Zwesten lies at the crossroads of Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 3 and B 485. About 5 km from the community is the Borken/Bad Zwesten interchange with Autobahn A 49 (Kassel – Fritzlar – Marburg).

The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network (Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund) which, among other things, runs a hailed shared taxi to Borken railway station on the Main-Weser Railway.

[edit] Literature

• Martin Opfer: Zwesten : Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff, Schiffelborn und Wenzigerode ; Bilder und Texte erzählen, wie es damals war, Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1989, ISBN 3-925277-31-5

[edit] Reference

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

[edit] External links

• Bad Zwesten