Bad Aibling

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Bad Aibling
Coat of arms of Bad Aibling
Bad Aibling is located in Germany
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Bad Aibling
Coordinates 47°52′N 12°01′E / 47.86667°N 12.01667°E / 47.86667; 12.01667Coordinates: 47°52′N 12°01′E / 47.86667°N 12.01667°E / 47.86667; 12.01667
Administration
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Upper Bavaria
District Rosenheim
Town subdivisions 28 Stadtteile
Mayor Felix Schwaller (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area 41.55 km2 (16.04 sq mi)
Elevation 492 m  (1614 ft)
Population 18,272 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 440 /km2 (1,139 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate RO
Postal codes 83035–83043
Area code 08061
Website www.bad-aibling.de

Bad Aibling is a spa town and former district seat in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Mangfall, located some 35 miles southeast of Munich. It is a health resort (peat pulp bath and mineral spa).

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[edit] History

Hofberg (Engraving by Matthäus Merian 1644)

Bad Aibling and its surroundings were settled by Celtic tribes from about 500 BC until 15 BC. After Roman occupation it was finally settled by Bavarii tribes in the 5th century AD. In 804, Bad Aibling was mentioned for the first time as "Epininga". In mediaeval times it was an administrative centre in the lordship of the Counts of Falkenstein. After the obliteration of the Neuburg-Falkenstein dynasty it became part of the realm of the Wittelsbach family.

In 1845 the first treatments with peat pulp were offered by the physician Desiderius Beck. Bad Aibling received the title "Bad" (spa or springs) in 1895.

In the year 1933 Bad Aibling officially became a city. After the second World War Bad Aibling evolved into a major centre for intelligence organizations and secret services.

In 2004 the American Bad Aibling ECHELON station (Field Station 81) closed after several decades of operation.

The Thermae opened in 2007, complementing peat pulp as traditional resort aspect by mineral water (Desiderius-Quelle).

[edit] Geography and demographics

In the town live approximately 18,000 inhabitants. It is 498 meters above sea level and covers an area of 41.55 km².

Bad Aibling consists of the quarters (Stadtteile) Abel, Adlfurt, Bad Aibling Mitte, Berbling, Ellmosen, Fachendorf, Gröben, Harthausen, Haslach, Heimathsberg, Heinrichsdorf, Holzhausen, Köckbrunn, Markfeld, Mietraching, Mitterham, Moos, Natternberg, Thalacker, Thürham, Unterheufeld, Weg, Westen, Westerham, Willing, and Zell.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

In Bad Aibling are several large spa hotels and rehab hospitals that rely on peat pulp as basic resort aspect. Additionally, in 2007 the new thermae were opened.

[edit] Companies based in Bad Aibling

Several companies in the fields pharmaceutical industry, textile production, electrical engineering, plastics processing and dairy are located in Bad Aibling.

[edit] Administration and public institutions

  • Municipal institutions
  • Employment office Bad Aibling
  • Institutions of the Rosenheim district office (veterinary office, motor vehicle registration authority)
  • Local court

[edit] Education

  • German football boarding school (Deutsches Fußballinternat Bad Aibling)
  • Gymnasium Bad Aibling (high school for secondary education)
  • Wilhelm-Leibl-Realschule (secondary school)
  • Wirtschaftsschule Alpenland (secondary school for economics)
  • Grund- und Hauptschulen (primary and secondary education)
  • Sonderschule (primary and secondary education for children with special needs)
  • Volkshochschule Bad Aibling (adult evening classes)


[edit] Images

  • St. Sebastian's church

  • "Klein Venedig" (Little Venice)

  • Glonn river in downtown

  • View from the Klafferer to Hofberg

  • Kirchzeile with Hofberg

  • Obere Kirchzeile

  • Inner Rosenheimer Straße

  • The former Prantshausen castle

  • Theresienmonument

  • Peat mining in the Schuhbräu-Filze

  • Italian style central cemetery


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[edit] Twin town

Bad Aibling is twinned with

[edit] People affiliated with Bad Aibling

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes" (in German). Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung. 31 December 2010. https://www.statistikdaten.bayern.de/genesis/online?language=de&sequenz=tabelleErgebnis&selectionname=12411-009r&sachmerkmal=QUASTI&sachschluessel=SQUART04&startjahr=2010&endjahr=2010. 

[edit] External links

Towns and municipalities in Rosenheim
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