Bad Soden

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Bad Soden
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bad Soden
Bad Soden (Germany)
Bad Soden
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Main-Taunus-Kreis
Town subdivisions 3 Stadtteile: Bad Soden, Neuenhain, Altenhain
Mayor Norbert Altenkamp (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 12.55 km² (4.8 sq mi)
Elevation 130-385 m
Population 21,295  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 1,697 /km² (4,395 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MTK
Postal code 65812
Area codes 06196, 06174 (Altenhain)
Website www.bad-soden.de

Coordinates: 50°08′00″N 08°30′00″E / 50.133333, 8.5

Bad Soden (also: Bad Soden am Taunus) is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Population 21,412 (2005).

Residential building in Bad Soden, designed by Hundertwasser.
Residential building in Bad Soden, designed by Hundertwasser.

Bad Soden is a popular residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main. 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 actually quite widely exported. Soden lozenges (Sodener Pastillen), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a large and well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a small hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

[edit] Notable citizens

Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, worked at Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family.

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.