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Bad Nauheim

 
 
Bad Nauheim (bät nou'hīm), town (1994 pop. 29,405), Hesse, central Germany, in the Taunus Mts. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt springs, which are used to treat heart and nerve diseases.


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Bad Nauheim
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Coat of arms of Bad Nauheim
Bad Nauheim is located in Germany
Bad Nauheim
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Wetteraukreis
Town subdivisions 6 districts
Mayor Bernd Witzel (FW)
Basic statistics
Area 32.55 km2 (12.57 sq mi)
Elevation 148 m  (486 ft)
Population 30,365  (31 December 2004)
 - Density 933 /km2 (2,416 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FB
Postal code 61231
Area code 06032
Website www.bad-nauheim.de

Coordinates: 50°22′0″N 8°45′0″E / 50.366667°N 8.75°E / 50.366667; 8.75

Bad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany. As of 2004, Bad Nauheim has a population of 30,365. The town is located approximately 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt springs, which are used to treat heart and nerve diseases. It is Bad Nauheim after which the Nauheim bath is named.[1] A Nauheim or "effervescent" bath is a type of spa bath through which carbon dioxied is bubbled.[1][2] This bath was one of several types of hydrotherapy used at Battle Creek Sanitarium[3] and it was also used at Maurice bathhouse, in Bathhouse Row in the early 1900s, during the heyday of hydrotherapy.[4]

In the old town center of Bad Nauheim is the barn at the gate to the castle: The barn was used by Elvis Presley as the motif of a record cover. Elvis Presley lived in Bad Nauheim during his time with the United States Army in Friedberg. Other famous people who have stayed in the town include Franklin Delano Roosevelt (as a boy, FDR had been taken for several extended visits to Bad Nauheim where his father underwent the water cure for his heart condition) and the Saudi Arabian football team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In addition, during World War II Hitler had a command complex in nearby Langenhain-Ziegenberg called Adlerhorst, "the Eagle's Nest" (not to be confused with Kehlsteinhaus of Obersalzberg, which was never referred to as "the Eagle's Nest" by the Nazis).

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Education

  • Freie Waldorfschule Wetterau
  • Ernst-Ludwig-Schule (Gymnasium)
  • St. Lioba Gymnasium (Gymnasium)
  • Stadtschule an der Wilhelmskirche (Grund- und Hauptschule)
  • Stadtschule Am Solgraben (Haupt- und Realschule)

The novel The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford is set in part at Bad Nauheim.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Bad Nauheim is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ a b Glanze, W.D., Anderson, K.N., & Anderson, L.E, ed (1990). Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary (3rd ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: The C.V. Mosby Co.. ISBN 0-8016-3227-7.  p.797
  2. ^ Kellogg, J.H., M.D., Superintendent (1908). The Battle Creek Sanitarium System. History, Organisation, Methods. Michigan: Battle Creek. pp. 79,81,83,170,175,187. http://www.archive.org/details/battlecreeksani00kellgoog. Retrieved 2009-10-30.  Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)
  3. ^ Kellogg, J.H. (1908) pp.79,81,83,170,175,187
  4. ^ Bathhouse Row Adaptive Use Program / The Maurice Bathhouse: Technical Report 4. National Park Service. 1985-06. 

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