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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Unterfranken

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
69.52 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:41 AM

Dialling code
  
09761

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Rhön-Grabfeld

Postal codes
  
97631

Population
  
6,943 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
97631

Administrative region
  
Lower Franconia

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 27 km/h, 73% Humidity

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Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small spa town in the Rhön-Grabfeld district, in the north east of Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany on the Franconian Saale a few kilometers from the border with Thuringia. Several smaller villages exist within the town limits:

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Map of 97631 Bad K%C3%B6nigshofen, Germany

  • Althausen
  • Aub
  • Eyershausen
  • Gabolshausen
  • Ipthausen
  • Merkershausen
  • Untereßfeld

    • The city is twinned with Arlington, Texas, USA. Bad Königshofen has a downtown recreational park named "Arlington" in honor of the city of Arlington. In 2006, the City of Arlington opened a water park named "Bad Königshofen Family Aquatic Center" in honor of the city of Bad Königshofen.

    Local council

    The elections in March 2014 showed the following results:

  • CSU: 5 seats
  • SPD: 2 seats
  • Greens: 1 seat
  • Block Freier Wähler (Free voters): 2 seats
  • List Merkershausen: 2 seats
  • Bürgerblock der Stadtteile: 2 seats
  • List Eyershausen: 2 seats
  • List Althausen: 1 seat
  • List Untereßfeld: 1 seat
  • Junge Liste (young list): 1 seat
  • Aktive Bürger Bad Königshofen (Active citizens Bad Königshofen) 1 seat

    • Sons and daughters of the town

  • Gaspar Schott (1608-1666), science writer and educator
  • Louis Rousseau (1724-1794), German chemist
  • Charles Albert (1743-1819), sculptor of the Rococo
  • Alois Albert (1880-1939), politician (BVP), member of the Reichstag
  • Sieglinde Hofmann (born 1945), former member of the Red Army Faction (RAF)

    • Those associated with the site

  • Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leading terrorist of the Red Army Faction (RAF)

    • References

    Bad Königshofen Wikipedia
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