Bad Aibling

Bad Aibling
Bad Aibling
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Rosenheim
Town subdivisions	28 Stadtteile
Mayor	Felix Schwaller (CSU)
Basic statistics
Area	41.55 km2 (16.04 sq mi)
Elevation	492 m  (1614 ft)
Population	18,007  (31 December 2007)
- Density	433 /km2 (1,122 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RO (until 1972 AIB)
Postal codes	83035–83043
Area code	08061
Website	www.bad-aibling.de Coordinates: 47°52′0″N 12°01′0″E / 47.86667°N 12.01667°E / 47.86667; 12.01667

Bad Aibling is a spa town and former district seat in Bavaria (Germany) on the river Mangfall, located some 35 miles southeast of Munich. It is a health resort (peat pulp bath and mineral spa).

History

Hofberg (Engraving by Matthäus Merian 1644)

Bad Aibling and its surroundings were settled by Celtic tribes from about 500 BC until 15 BC. After Roman occupation it was finally settled by Bavarii tribes in the 5th century AD. In 804, Bad Aibling was mentioned for the first time as "Epininga". In mediaeval times it was an administrative centre in the lordship of the Counts of Falkenstein. After the obliteration of the Neuburg-Falkenstein dynasty it became part of the realm of the Wittelsbach family.

In 1845 the first treatments with peat pulp were offered by the physician Desiderius Beck. Bad Aibling received the title "Bad" (spa or springs) in 1895.

In the year 1933 Bad Aibling officially became a city. After the second World War Bad Aibling evolved into a major centre for intelligence organizations and secret services.

In 2004 the American Bad Aibling ECHELON station (Field Station 81) closed after several decades of operation.

The Thermae opened in 2007, complementing peat pulp as traditional resort aspect by mineral water (Desiderius-Quelle).

Geography and demographics

In the town live approximately 18,000 inhabitants. It is 498 meters above sea level and covers an area of 41.55 km².

Bad Aibling consists of the quarters (Stadtteile) Abel, Adlfurt, Bad Aibling Mitte, Berbling, Ellmosen, Fachendorf, Gröben, Harthausen, Haslach, Heimathsberg, Heinrichsdorf, Holzhausen, Köckbrunn, Markfeld, Mietraching, Mitterham, Moos, Natternberg, Thalacker, Thürham, Unterheufeld, Weg, Westen, Westerham, Willing, and Zell.

Economy and infrastructure

In Bad Aibling are several large spa hotels and rehab hospitals that rely on peat pulp as basic resort aspect. Additionally, in 2007 the new thermae were opened.

Companies based in Bad Aibling

Several companies in the fields pharmaceutical industry, textile production, electrical engineering, plastics processing and dairy are located in Bad Aibling.

Administration and public institutions

• Municipal institutions
• Employment office Bad Aibling
• Institutions of the Rosenheim district office (veterinary office, motor vehicle registration authority)
• Local court

Education

• Gymnasium Bad Aibling (high school for secondary education)
• Wilhelm-Leibl-Realschule (secondary school)
• Wirtschaftsschule Alpenland (secondary school for economics)
• Grund- und Hauptschulen (primary and secondary education)
• Sonderschule (primary and secondary education for children with special needs)
• Volkshochschule Bad Aibling (adult evening classes)

Images

St. Sebastian's church	"Klein Venedig" (Little Venice)	Glonn river in downtown	View from the Klafferer to Hofberg
Kirchzeile with Hofberg	Obere Kirchzeile	Inner Rosenheimer Straße	The former Prantshausen castle
Theresienmonument	Peat mining in the Schuhbräu-Filze	Italian style central cemetery	ECHELON station

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Twin town

Bad Aibling is twinned with

• - Cavaion Veronese, Italy, since 2006

External links

• http://www.aibling.de - The city's official website
• http://www.aib-kur.de - The health and cure administration
• http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/misc/badaibling.html - Bad Aibling RSOC (Regional SIGINT Operation Center) Photos