Bad Reichenhall
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| Bad Reichenhall | |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Berchtesgadener Land |
| Lord Mayor | Herbert Lackner (CSU) |
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| Area | 39.44 km² (15.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 473 m (1552 ft) |
| Population | 18,351 (30/06/2004) |
| - Density | 465 /km² (1,205 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BGL (until 1972: REI) |
| Postal code | 83435 |
| Area code | 08651 |
| Website | www.stadt-bad-reichenhall.de |
| Location of the town of Bad Reichenhall within Berchtesgadener Land district | |
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Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps (including Mount Staufen (1771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1781 m)).
Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.
The town was the site of a disaster on January 2, 2006, when the roof of the town's ice rink collapsed under snow, killing 15 and injuring 34 others.
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[edit] History
- The earliest known inhabitants of this area are the tribes of the Glockenbecher-Culture (a Bronze Age Culture, from about 2000 B.C.)
- In the age of the La Tene culture (about 450 B.C.) organized salt production commenced utilizing the local brine pools. In the same period a celtic place of worship is placed at the "Langacker"
- From 15 B.C to 480 A.D, the city is part of a roman province, Noricum
- 1136 A.D bought the founding of a monastery St. Zeno
- In 1617-1619 a wooden pipeline for brine exportation to Traunstein was built, with a length of 31 km, and more than 200 m in altitude difference
- In 1834, two thirds of the city's buildings were destroyed by a major fire
- The early 19th century saw the beginning of tourism, with Reichenhall becoming a famous health resort
- From 1890, Reichenhall is now called "Bad Reichenhall"
- On April, 25th of 1945, the area was bombed by allied forces, 200 people were killed. The town centre with many hospitals and the train station was nearly totally destroyed, the barracks didn't suffer any damage. After World War II the area was under American military governance (1945-1948)
[edit] Ice rink disaster
Fifteen people, twelve of them children, died in the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink on 2 January 2006. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident [1].
[edit] Famous people from Bad Reichenhall
- Hans Söllner, singer-songwriter
- Stefan Holzner, triathlete
- Michael Neumayer, ski jumper
- Regina Häusl, alpine skier (born in Bad Reichenhall, started for the Ski-Klub Bad Reichenhall, lives in Schneizlreuth since her birth)
- Anni Friesinger, speed skater (born in Bad Reichenhall, lived in Inzell ~10 km away and now lives in Salzburg)
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