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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Karlsruhe

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
10,680 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Calw

Postal codes
  
75323

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:16 AM

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Baumwipfelpfad Schwarzwald, Heimat‑ und Flößermuseum, Eyach‑ und Rotenbachtal

Palais thermal bad wildbad


Bad Wildbad is a town in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located in the government district (Regierungsbezirk) of Karlsruhe and in the district (Landkreis) of Calw. Its coordinates are 48° 45' N, 8° 33' E. About 11,250 people live there. The current mayor is Klaus Mack.

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Map of 75323 Bad Wildbad, Germany

The current town of Bad Wildbad is an amalgamation of several communities brought together under local government reform in 1974. The member communities are Wildbad, Calmbach, Sprollenhaus, Nonnenmiß and Aichelberg, along with the hamlets of Hünerberg und Meistern. The town was named only Wildbad until 1991, when it was given its current name ("Bad" is German for "bath", a reference to the town's status as a spa town).

It is picturesquely situated 420 m above sea level, in the romantic pine-clad gorge of the Enz, a tributary of the Neckar in the Black Forest, 45 km west of Stuttgart and 23 east of Baden-Baden by rail. Towering above Bad Wildbad is a small mountain, the Wildbader Sommerberg, whose top may be reached by the Sommerbergbahn, a funicular railway. It covers a vertical difference of about 300 m.

It is historically a popular medicinal spa. The neighbourhood is picturesque, the most attractive spot being the Wildsee - a small lake some distance from the town itself, measuring 2.3 ha, and at about 900 m above sea level.

The annual Rossini in Wildbad opera festival, held in July, brings an international audience to the Kurhaus and the Kurtheater to hear belcanto works by Gioachino Rossini and his contemporaries.

It is the scene of the early pages of Armadale by Wilkie Collins.

Raw gopro clips from bad wildbad 2016 trying to find the lines again eng sub


Transportation

Bad Wildbad is connected to Germany's national rail network through the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, line S6, running on the Enz Valley Railway. Being located deep in the northern Black Forest, Bad Wildbad has no direct connection with any Autobahn. The nearest one is just west of Pforzheim.

Personality

  • Ludwig Hofacker, (1798–1828), was born in Wildbad, Württemberg author, politician (Paulskirche) and translator (Aristophanes)
  • Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), poet, writer and physician
  • The Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel was born 1939 in Calmbach and grew up here.
  • The economist and financial scientist Rudolf Nickel, (born 1942 in Nuremberg), grew up in Bad Wildbad.
  • References

    Bad Wildbad Wikipedia