Bad Soden
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  Bad Soden | ||
| Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°ECoordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
| District | Main-Taunus-Kreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Norbert Altenkamp (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 130-385 m (−1,133 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 22,161 | |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 65812 | |
| Dialling codes | 06196, 06174 (Altenhain) | |
| Vehicle registration | MTK | |
| Website | www.bad-soden.de | |
Bad Soden (also: Bad Soden am Taunus) is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Population 21,412 (2005).
Information
Bad Soden is a 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 widely exported. Soden lozenges (German: 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. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am Taunus
Mayors
Mayors from 1893:[2]
- 1893–1912: Georg Busz
- 1912–1920: Friedrich Höh
- 1920–1923: Niederschulte
- 1925–1937: Alfred Benninghoven
- 1937–1939: Jakob Rittgen
- 1939–1945: Karl Bohle
- 1945–1948: Kuno Mayer
- 1948–1957: Gilbert Just
- 1957–1967: August Karl Wallis
- 1967–1973: Helmuth Schwinge
- 1973–1977: Hans-Helmut Kämmerer
- 1977–1985: Volker Hodann
- 1985–1986: Hans Jörg Röhrich (official by the government)
- 1986–1992: Berthold R. Gall
- 1992–2004: Kurt E. Bender
- since March 2004: Norbert Altenkamp
Notable people
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- Christian Seybold (1695-1768), artist of the era of Baroque; was baptized in Neuenhain (Taunus), lived until 1715 in Soden
- Georg Thilenius (1868-1937), ethnologist and anthropologist
- Peter Lang (1878-1954), member of the parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic
- Otto Frank, (1889-1980), father of Anne Frank, worked in Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family.
- Elvira Bach (born 1951), German artist and painter, she was born in Neuenhain (Taunus) and lives in Berlin since 1970
- Sabine Winter, (born 1992), German table tennis player, was born in Bad Soden.
- Michael Jung (born 1982), German equestrian
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, since 1984[3][4]
Rueil-Malmaison, France[3]
Yoro-cho, Japan[3]
Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic[3]
Gallery
The old Park
New park with Catholic Church
Protestant Church
"Paulinenschlösschen"
"Badehaus" - The bathhouse
The "Königsteiner Straße"
Quellenpark
References in Literature
In Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, the Scherbatskys retire to Bad Soden to cure Kitty's illness.
In Ivan Turgenev's "Spring Torrents," Dimitry Sanin takes a trip with his future lover, Gemma, and her current fiancé to Soden, "a small town about half an hour's distance from Frankfurt".
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). August 2016.
- ↑ Joachim Kromer: Bad Soden am Taunus Bestehen aus der Geschichte. Verlag Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1990.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Partnerstädte" (in German). Bad Soden am Taunus. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
- ↑ "Partnerstädte". Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel (in German). Retrieved 2008-08-04.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Soden". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
- Internetauftritt der Stadt Bad Soden am Taunus
- There is literature about Bad Soden in the Hessian Bibliography
- Literature by and about Bad Soden in the German National Library catalogue
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