Bad Schwalbach
Coat of arms	Location
Coordinates	50°08′0″N 08°04′0″E / 50.13333, 8.06667Coordinates: 50°08′0″N 08°04′0″E / 50.13333, 8.06667
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Town subdivisions	8 districts
Mayor	Michael Kalhoff (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	40.27 km² (16 sq mi)
- Elevation	361 m  (1184 ft)
Population	11,028  (31/12/2006)
- Density	274 /km² (709 /sq mi)
Other information
Postal code	65307
Area code	06124
Licence plate code	RÜD
Website	www.bad-schwalbach.de

Bad Schwalbach (called Langenschwalbach until 1927) is the capital of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. Image File history File links Wappen_Bad_Schwalbach. ... Image File history File links Karte_Deutschland. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... This is an alphabetical list of countries of the world, including independent states (both those that are internationally recognised and generally unrecognised), inhabited dependent territories and areas of special sovereignty. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Burgomaster (alternatively spelled Burgomeister, literally translated meaning master of the citizens) is the English form, rendering (often the Anglo-Saxon equivalent Mayor is substituted) various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate and/or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration... The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Rheingau-Taunus is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany. ... Hesse (German: Hessen) is a state of Germany with an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. ...

Geography

Geographic Location

Bad Schwalbach is a spa town approximately 20 km northwest of Wiesbaden. It lies at 289 to 465 meters elevation in the Taunus mountains, along the small river Aar (a tributary of the Lahn). Over 56 percent of its area is forest. A spa town is a town frequented, in times past, for health reasons, to take the waters. The name derives from the Belgian town Spa, and in continental Europe, a spa was known as a ville deau (town of water). ... Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. ... View (from top of Frankfurt) of Altkoenig and Grosser Feldberg For the automobile, see Ford Taunus. ... Aar (disambiguation). ... The river Lahn in Limburg The Lahn is a river in Germany. ...

Neighboring Area and Cities

Bad Schwalbach borders the community of Hohenstein to the north, to the east, the city of Taunusstein, to the south, the community of Schlangenbad, as well as the community of Heidenrod to the west. Taunusstein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in Hesse, Germany. ... Schlangenbad: a town of Germany, in Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Darmstadt (region) of the German state of Hesse. ... Heidenrod is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hesse, Germany. ...

Town Districts

The town consists of the districts: Adolfseck, Bad Schwalbach, Fischbach, Heimbach, Hettenhain, Langenseifen, Lindschied, and Ramschied.

History

Bad Langenschwalbach, 1900

Bad Langenschwalbach, 1900

Bad Schwalbach was first mentioned in a document in 1352 as Langinswalbach. The first reliable report of the mineral springs came in 1568 from the Wormser doctor bernaemontanus, who also mentioned them in his 1581 work "New Wasserschatz" (New Water Resources) Although Langenschwalbach would be utterly destroyed in the 30 Year War, it would be quickly rebuilt, and the healing water trade began to blossom. At first, the water would be sold by the jug or barrel in the whole of Europe by mail order. Only a few seekers of healing undertook the unwieldy journey to Taunus. The health resort started at the beginning of the 19th century only after the improvement of road conditions through construction. The Aartalbahn railroad from Wiesbaden to Langenschwalbach, finished in 1889, also contributed substantially to its founding. Many noblemen, princes and counts, came at that point to heal and visit the gaming parlors where few strict rules applied. After the end of World War I, the nobility quickly lost interest and thus began the long and somewhat painful transition from a luxury spa to a public one, having made the full transition by the end of World War II. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 796 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 771 pixel, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original image Photochrom print (color photo lithograph) Created between 1890 and 1905 Source Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, reproduction number LC... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 796 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 771 pixel, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original image Photochrom print (color photo lithograph) Created between 1890 and 1905 Source Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, reproduction number LC... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 766 pixel, file size: 239 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original image Photochrom print (color photo lithograph) Created between 1890 and 1905 Source Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, reproduction number LC... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 766 pixel, file size: 239 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Original image Photochrom print (color photo lithograph) Created between 1890 and 1905 Source Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photochrom Prints Collection, reproduction number LC... The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...

At the end of the year 1800 or the beginning of 1801, in the woods near Bad Schwalbach, Katharina Pfeifer from Langenhain in Taunus would bear a child from the robber Schinderhannes. Johannes Bueckler (Schinderhannes) and his girlfriend Julchen Blasius Johannes Bückler (c. ...

Culture and Places of Interest

The "Kurbahn", which operates on the rails of the former Moortransportbahn in Kurpark, provides special access to the history of the city and the health resort.

Bad Schwalbach's only museum was re-opened in 2002 with new exhibits. Through its exhibits, it attempts to lead visitors through the history of Bad Schwalbach and its life as a health resort. Among other things, the museum includes the drugstore museum, once only in private rooms. The drugstore museum contains the oldest drugstore in Taunus (established in 1642) fully furnished. The museum also contains the archives of the town.

Economy and Infrastructure

The largest employer is a dairy which has captured the swallow from the town's coat of arms in more than just name.

Roads

Bad Schwalbach is on federal highway 260, also known as the Bath Highway, as well as federal highways 54 and 275. By autobahn, it lies 15 km from the A3 and 20 km from the Idstein exit on the A66.

Bad Schwalbach is also on the Aartalbahn, but passenger trains have not run on it since 1986, only trains for seasonal tours through the Nassauische Touristikbahn. Bad Schwalbach is therefore the only Hessian district which is no longer accessible by rail. There have been efforts to have the stretch of railroad re-activated, yet they have all been unsuccessful so far. This stretch of railroad has been labeled a cultural monument and is Hesse's longest historical monument - only the Roman Limes, a land monument, is longer. The limes Germanicus, 2nd century. ...

Literature

• Jörg Diefenbacher: Die Schwalbacher Reise. Mannheim 2002, ISBN 3-00-008209-3
• Peter Bayerlein: Schinderhannes-Ortslexikon. Mainz-Kostheim 2003

External links

• Stadt Bad Schwalbach (German)
• Museum in Bad Schwalbach (German)
• Bad Schwalbach at the Open Directory Project