Bad Wildbad is a town in Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located in the government district (Regierungsbezirk) of Karlsruhe and in the district (Landkreis) of Calw. Its coördinates are 48° 45' N, 8° 33' E. About 11,250 people live there. The current mayor is Dr. Walter Jocher. Baden-Württemberg is a federal state in south-western Germany to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Karlsruhe is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. ... There are 439 German districts, administrative units in Germany. ... Calw is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ...

The current town of Bad Wildbad is an amalgamation of several communities brought together under local government reform in 1974. The member communities are Wildbad, Calmbach, Sprollenhaus, Nonnenmiß and Aichelberg, along with the hamlets of Hünerberg und Meistern. The town was named Wildbad until 1991, when it was given its current name ("Bad" is German for "bath", a reference to the town's status as a spa town). 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ...

It is picturesquely situated 420 m above sea level, in the romantic pine-clad gorge of the Enz, a tributary of the Neckar in the Black Forest, 45 km west of Stuttgart and 23 east of Baden-Baden by rail. Towering above Bad Wildbad is a small mountain, the Wildbader Sommerberg, whose top may be reached by the Sommerbergbahn, a funicular railway. It covers a vertical difference of about 300 m. For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Neuraminidase ribbon diagram An enzyme (in Greek en = in and zyme = blend) is a protein, or protein complex, that catalyzes a chemical reaction and also controls the 3D orientation of the catalyzed substrates. ... The Neckar is a river in Germany, a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. ... A map of Germany, showing the Black Forest in red. ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere For other uses of this term, see Mountain (disambiguation). ... Angels Flight, Los Angeles, California with gantlet track configuration A funicular, also called funicular railway, inclined railway, inclined plane, or, in the United Kingdom, a cliff railway, is a system of transport in which cables attached to a tram-like vehicle on rails move it up and down a very...

It is historically a popular medicinal spa. The neighbourhood is picturesque, the most attractive spot being the Wildsee – a small lake some distance from the town itself, measuring 2.3 ha, and at about 900 m above sea level – of which legends are told. A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ...

Bad Wildbad is connected to Germany's national rail network through the Karlsruhe S-Bahn, line S6. Being located deep in the Black Forest, Bad Wildbad has no direct connection with any Autobahn. The nearest one is just west of Pforzheim. Map of Germany showing Karlsruhe Coat of Arms of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe castle at night Karlsruhe (population 282,595 in December 2003) is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border. ... (Translated from the German wikipedia article) The S-Bahn is a suburban metro railway network in Germany. ... The German and Austrian autobahn sign The Swiss autobahn sign Autobahn (pronounced in IPA) is the German word for a major high-speed road confined to motor vehicles and having full control of access, similar to a motorway or freeway in English-speaking countries. ... Pforzheim is a town of 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, south-west Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, a publication in the public domain.