Bad Soden

For Bad Soden in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis see Bad Soden-Salmünster.
Bad Soden

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Bad Soden
Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E / 50.133; 8.500Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E / 50.133; 8.500
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)
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).

Residential building in Bad Soden, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

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

Notable people

Otto Frank (1961)

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bad Soden is twinned with:[2]

Gallery

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

  1. "Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Partnerstädte" (in German). Bad Soden am Taunus. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
  3. "Partnerstädte". Stadtgemeinde Kitzbühel (in German). Retrieved 2008-08-04.

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