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For Bad Soden in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis see Bad Soden-Salmünster.
Bad Soden
Town
Coat of arms of Bad Soden
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Soden
Map
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictMain-Taunus-Kreis
Subdivisions3 Stadtteile: Bad Soden, Neuenhain, Altenhain
Government
 • MayorNorbert Altenkamp (CDU)
Area
 • Total12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Highest elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Lowest elevation
130 m (430 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total23,162
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
65812
Dialling codes06196, 06174 (Altenhain)
Vehicle registrationMTK
Websitewww.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)
  • 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

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns – Sister cities

Bad Soden is twinned with:[2]

  • The old Park
    The old Park
  • New park with Catholic Church
    New park with Catholic Church
  • Protestant Church
    Protestant Church
  • "Paulinenschlösschen"
    "Paulinenschlösschen"
  • "Badehaus" - The bathhouse
    "Badehaus" - The bathhouse
  • The "Königsteiner Straße"
    The "Königsteiner Straße"
  • Quellenpark
    Quellenpark

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 in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "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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