Bad Homburg is the capital city of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus, bordering among others Frankfurt and Oberursel. The Hochtaunuskreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... Taunus seen from Frankfurt/Main The Taunus is a mountain chain in Hesse, Germany. ... Frankfurt am Main [ˈfraŋkfʊrt] is the largest city in the German state of Hessen and the fifth largest city of Germany. ... Oberursel is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis, Hessen, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus, bordering among others Frankfurt, Bad Homburg and Kronberg. ...

Formal name is Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (translated as Bad Homburg in front of the height), abbreviated as Bad Homburg v.d.H.

Elevation: 130 to 250 m in the city (128 to 683 m in the whole area); Position: 50° 13’ 45” N, 8° 36’ 43” E; Population: 52000.

The city is best known for its medically used mineral waters and spa (hence the prefix 'Bad') and casino.

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Castle of Bad Homburg

Today, Bad Homburg is still, or again, one of the most wealthy cities in Germany, in part thanks to the vicinity to Frankfurt, as many of the directors and employees of the banks in Frankfurt live in Bad Homburg. (The Hochtaunuskreis and the Landkreis Starnberg regularly compete for the "title" of most wealthy district in Germany.) Map of Germany showing Oberursel File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Map of Germany showing Oberursel File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bergfried Bad Homburg, picture taken by Flups File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Bergfried Bad Homburg, picture taken by Flups File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Hochtaunuskreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany. ... Starnberg is a Kreis (district) in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany. ...

Current (2004) city marketing slogan: Champagnerluft und Tradition (Champagne air and tradition).

Historical information

The first source with mineral water was found in 1834. The baths were visited often before 1918 by German and international royalty and nobility. The Homburg hat is named after the city, as the later King Edward VII had it created it for him by a local hat-maker during a stay at the baths in Bad Homburg (year?). The first casino in Bad Homburg was opened in 1841/42 by brothers François Blanc (1806-1877) and Louis Blanc (1806-1852), which later founded the Casino in Monte Carlo, therefore the Bad Homburg Casino is also known as "mother" of Monte Carlo. Edward VII King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King Edward VII (Albert Edward) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was the first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...

On November 30, 1989, Alfred Herrhausen, head of Deutsche Bank was killed and his driver injured by a car bomb in Bad Homburg, allegedly by the RAF, though never conclusively proven. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Headquarters of the Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main Deutsche Bank AG (German for German Bank) is a multinational bank operating worldwide and employing almost 70,000 people (2004). ... RAF Logo The Red Army Faction (in German: Rote Armee Fraktion; RAF), also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang, was postwar Germanys most active radical leftist paramilitary group, which is widely regarded as a terrorist organization. ...

Bad Homburg is twinned with Exeter in the United Kingdom.

External link

• Bad Homburg (http://www.bad-homburg.de)