Bad Salzungen

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Bad Salzungen

Location of Bad Salzungen within Wartburgkreis district

Coordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°ECoordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Klaus Bohl

Area

• Total

39.06 km² (15.08 sq mi)

Elevation

241 m (791 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

15,763

• Density

400/km² (1,000/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

36433

03695

WAK

Website

www.badsalzungen.de

Bad Salzungen is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district.

Geography

Burgsee

Location

Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Tiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south of Eisenach.

Neighbouring communities

Bad Salzungen borders on Barchfeld-Immelborn, Leimbach, Moorgrund, Stadtlengsfeld, Tiefenort, Weilar and Urnshausen in Wartburgkreis and Breitungen/Werra in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district.

Governance

Town twinning

Bad Salzungen is twinned with:

Mezőkövesd, Hungary (1969)
Strakonice, Czech Republic (1977)
Bad Hersfeld, Germany (1990)
Ishøj, Denmark (1994)

Infrastructure

Near the town, there is a Bundeswehr barrack, the Werratal-Kaserne, which was built in 1972 for the GDR Army.

Bad Salzungen station is located on the Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway.

Notable people

Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756), Baroque composer
Heinrich Beck (1878-1937), engineer and inventor of the Beck arc lamp and headlamp Beck
Fritz Wagner (1895-1966), a machinist, Reichsbanner-official, party official (SPD/SED) and chairman of the council of Meiningen district
Gerhard Unger (1916-2011), tenor
Hans-Ulrich Jörges (born 1951), journalist, Stern magazine
Steffen Skel (born 1972), luger
Alexander Zickler (born 1974), soccer player and German international
Mark Zimmermann (born 1974), football player and coach at FC Carl Zeiss Jena
Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), Nordic Combined
Christian Hirte (born 1976), German politician (CDU)
Philipp Marschall (born 1988), biathlete and former cross-country skier
Thomas Bing (born 1990), cross-country skier

References

↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, Gemeinschaftsfreie Gemeinde, erfüllende/beauftragende Gemeinden, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft/Mitgliedsgemeinden in Thüringen". Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik (in German). July 2016.

External links

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Towns and municipalities in Wartburgkreis
Bad Liebenstein Bad Salzungen Barchfeld-Immelborn Berka/Werra Berka vor dem Hainich Bischofroda Brunnhartshausen Buttlar Creuzburg Dankmarshausen Dermbach Diedorf Dippach Ebenshausen Empfertshausen Ettenhausen/Suhl Frankenroda Frauensee Geisa Gerstengrund Gerstungen Großensee Hallungen Hörselberg-Hainich Ifta Kaltennordheim Krauthausen Krayenberggemeinde Lauterbach Leimbach Marksuhl Mihla Moorgrund Nazza Neidhartshausen Oechsen Ruhla Schleid Seebach Stadtlengsfeld Tiefenort Treffurt Unterbreizbach Urnshausen Vacha Weilar Wiesenthal Wolfsburg-Unkeroda Wutha-Farnroda Zella/Rhön

Cities in Thuringia by population
100,000+	Erfurt Jena
50,000+	Gera Weimar
20,000+	Altenburg Apolda Arnstadt Eisenach Gotha Greiz Ilmenau Meiningen Mühlhausen Nordhausen Rudolstadt Saalfeld Sondershausen Sonneberg Suhl
10,000+	Bad Langensalza Bad Salzungen Eisenberg Heiligenstadt Hildburghausen Leinefelde-Worbis Meuselwitz Pößneck Schmalkalden Schmölln Sömmerda Waltershausen Zella-Mehlis Zeulenroda-Triebes

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 143210933 GND: 4051460-2

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