Bad Karlshafen

Bad Karlshafen
Bad Karlshafen
Bad Karlshafen
Location of the town of Bad Karlshafen within Kassel district
Coordinates	51°38′N 9°27′E / 51.63333°N 9.45°E / 51.63333; 9.45Coordinates: 51°38′N 9°27′E / 51.63333°N 9.45°E / 51.63333; 9.45
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Kassel
Mayor	Ullrich Otto (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	14.85 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Elevation	151 m  (495 ft)
Population	3,794 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	255 /km2 (662 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KS
Postal code	34385
Area code	05672
Website	www.bad-karlshafen.de

Bad Karlshafen is a baroque, thermal salt spa town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It has 2300 inhabitants in the main ward of Bad Karlshafen, and a further 1900 in the medieval ward of Helmarshausen. It is situated at the confluence of the Diemel and Weser rivers, 15 km south of Höxter, and 37 km north of Kassel.

The city hall of Bad Karlshafen in Hessen, Germany

History

The town was founded in 1699 by French Huguenots fleeing persecution in France. Though initially named Sieburg, the town was later named after Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, who granted them refuge. The German Huguenot Museum located here contains a picture archive, library, and family histories of the Huguenots in Germany. Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, had ambitious plans for town-planning and developing new water trade channels in the region; including a 'haven' in Karlshafen. Together with his engineer and architect Friedrich Conradi he developed plans for a Landgrave-Carl-Canal in order to avoid customs duty at Hannoversch Münden, but these were never finalised. Plans for Bad Karlshafen, however, were partially completed in a baroque style by new architect Paul du Ry in 1717 and the town was renamed as Carlshaven.

Since 1977 Karlshafen has spa status, which is when it received the title 'Bad'.

Leisure and health

Bad Karlshafen is a spa town (Bad = spa), which offers a modern health centre, the Weser Therme, based on a thermal salt spring, and in 1986 a graduation tower was established.

Transport

• Bad Karlshafen railway station offers services between Ottbergen and Göttingen, at roughly a 2 hourly frequency, with cycle space.
• Bus services also operate in the area.

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