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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Darmstadt

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
12.55 km²

Population
  
21,664 (30 Jun 2009)

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Main-Taunus-Kreis

Postal codes
  
65812

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:08 AM

Postal code
  
65812

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

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Map of Bad Soden, Germany

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:

  • 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

  • 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

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Bad Soden is twinned with:

  • Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, since 1984
  • Rueil-Malmaison, France
  • Yoro-cho, Japan
  • Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic

    • References

    Bad Soden Wikipedia
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