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Bad Wiessee
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Location of Bad Wiessee within Miesbach district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Miesbach |
| Mayor | Herbert Fischhaber |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 32.79 km2 (12.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 740 m (2428 ft) |
| Population | 4,640 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 142 /km2 (367 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MB |
| Postal code | 83707 |
| Area code | 08022 |
| Website | www.bad-wiessee.de |
Bad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany. The name "Bad" means for "spa" or "baths", while "Wiessee" derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake".
Bad Wiessee is known for its healing sulfur-fountain, discovered by the Dutch oil explorer Adriaan Stoop.[2] People spend their holidays in Bad Wiessee because of its quiet atmosphere and its location at the north side of the Alps.
Bad Wiessee is also notorious as the scene of the key events within the Night of the Long Knives, June 30, 1934, when Hitler and the Schutzstaffel (SS) purged the leadership of the Sturmabteilung (SA), many of whom were staying at the resort.
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