NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Spa towns in Germany

Spa towns in Germany is a link page for any spa town in Germany. The word Bad is normally used as a prefix (Bad Vilbel) or a suffix (Marienbad, Wiesbaden) to denote that the town in question is a spa town. The word Kurort is also used, meaning a place for a cure. However not all Kurorte are spa towns; there are also Kurorte which are visited for their pure air (Luftkurorte, for example). 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). ...

See: List of spa towns, Spa Heritage Towns The List of spa towns is a link page for any spa town. ...

Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46′ N 6°6′ E. Population: 256,605 (2003). ... Abensberg, used to be a spa town in Germany, in Bavaria, on the Abens, a tributary of the Danube, 18 m. ... Bad Abbach is municipality in the district Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany. ... Bad Aibling is a city in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Mangfall, at 47°52′ N 12°01′ E. It is a health resort (mud bath). ... Stuttgart is a city located in southern Germany, it is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg, and has a population of approximately 600,000 as of June 2004. ... Map of Germany showing Bad Doberan Bad Doberan is a town in Germany. ... Location of Bad Godesberg in Bonn Bad Godesberg became a municipal district of Bonn in 1969. ... Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld is a small spa town in north east Unterfranken, Bavaria on the Fränkische River a few kilometers from the border with Thuringia. ... The German Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Kreuznach_Land includes the villages of Volxheim, Hackenheim, Tiefenthal, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim and Fürfeld. ... Bad Mergentheim (Mergentheim until 1926) is a town in the Main-Tauber district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. ... Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a town in the German Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Bad Pyrmont is a city in Hamelin-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, with a population of 22,000 (2003). ... Bad Salzuflen is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Bad Segeberg is a town of 15,000 inhabitants, located in the state of Schleswig_Holstein, capital of the district (Kreis) Segeberg. ... Nordvorpommern (North Western Pomerania) is a Kreis (district) in the northern part of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Bad Wörishofen is a spa town in the district Unterallgäu, Bavaria Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Heilbad Heiligenstadt is a Thuringian (Germany) city in the district of Eichsfeld. ... Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. ...