Bad Vilbel

Bad Vilbel
Old town hall
Bad Vilbel
Location of the town of Bad Vilbel within Wetteraukreis district
Coordinates	50°10′41″N 8°44′10″E / 50.17806°N 8.73611°E / 50.17806; 8.73611Coordinates: 50°10′41″N 8°44′10″E / 50.17806°N 8.73611°E / 50.17806; 8.73611
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Wetteraukreis
Town subdivisions	5 districts
Mayor	Thomas Stöhr (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	25.65 km2 (9.90 sq mi)
Elevation	109 - 200 m
Population	31,822 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	1,241 /km2 (3,213 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FB
Postal codes	61101–61118
Area code	06101
Website	www.bad-vilbel.de

Bad Vilbel is a spa town with many mineral waters. Bad Vilbel is the town with the most inhabitants in the Wetteraukreis district in Hessen, Germany. The city center of Bad Vilbel is located 8 km northeast of the center of Frankfurt am Main. The river Nidda flows through Bad Vilbel.

History

Bad Vilbel was founded in 774 (first written document) but much older artefacts were found in the area. In 1848 during railway works, a Roman villa was scooped out with a Thermae and a Mosaic. A replica of this mosaic is presented in a modern exhibition in the spa gardens.

20th Century

The town Vilbel got the label "Bad" (spa) in 1948 for its numerous mineral springs. The health spa operations stopped in the 1960th but the mineral water industry connected more springs of the Wetterau by piplines to the bottling plant of Hassia in Bad Vilbel.

The hessian government reform formed 1971/72 Bad Vilbel (with Heilsberg), Dortelweil, Gronau and Massenheim to the new city Bad Vilbel. Since 1997 great areas have been developed for living and business, like the residental area of Dortelweil-West or the commercial park Quellenpark between Bad Vilbel, Massenheim and Dortelweil.

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  fountain near the old town-hall

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  old town-hall

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  festival location, castle with moat

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  Cultural center, old mill

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  Hassia mineral spring

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  exhibition of roman mosaic

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  Stada AG

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  shopping & business center in Dortelweil

Transport

Bad Vilbel has four railroad stations (Bad Vilbel, Bad Vilbel Süd, Dortelweil and Gronau) on Frankfurt's local transport network (S-Bahn Line 6 and RE Line 34). It has access to the A661 autobahn and the highway B3.

International relations

Bad Vilbel is twinned with:

• Glossop, United Kingdom
• Moulins, France
• Brotterode, Germany
• Eldoret, Kenya

The Glossop/Bad Vilbel Twinning Association was established in 1985 and the formal twinning ceremonies were held in Glossop and Bad Vilbel in 1987. The aims of the association are:

To promote and foster friendship and understanding between the people of Glossop and district and those of Bad Vilbel and district in Germany.

To encourage visits by individuals and groups to and from the linked towns, particularly by children and young people, and the development of personal contacts, and by doing so to broaden the mutual understanding of the cultural, recreational, educational and commercial activities of the linked towns.

See also

• English electronic music duo Autechre released a song entitled Second Bad Vilbel on their EP Anvil Vapre. The title derives from the towns twinning with Glossop, an area the group would have passed en route to Sheffield, from their homes in Rochdale.

References

External links

• Official site (German)

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