Bad Kissingen
Bad Kissingen is a city in Bavaria, Germany. About 22,421 people lived there in 2020.[2]
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Kissingen within Bad Kissingen district  | |
| Coordinates: 50°12′N 10°4′E / 50.200°N 10.067°ECoordinates: 50°12′N 10°4′E / 50.200°N 10.067°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Unterfranken |
| District | Bad Kissingen |
| Subdivisions | 9 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Kay Blankenburg (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 69.42 km2 (26.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 21,879 |
| • Density | 315.169/km2 (816.28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97688 |
| Vehicle registration | KG |
| Website | www |
History
It was first mentioned in 801 CE. It is a "spa town", a place where people go to rest and relax. The well that is the source of the spa was first mentioned in 823 CE.
Well-known people
- Jack Steinberger (born 1921), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Bad Kissingen Media
Spa Park Bad Kissingen with "Arkadenbau"
Bad Kissingen um 1900
The concert hall "Regentenbau"
Town hall of Bad Kissingen
The theatre of Bad Kissingen
"Rosengarten" (Rose Garden) in Bad Kissingen
The graduation tower is a known landmark.
Cyrill Kistler, composer (1848-1907)
Kissingen about 1850, still with remains of the medieval fortification
The Battle of Kissingen, 10 July 1866
References
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Federal Statistical Office Germany - GENESIS-Online". www.statistikdaten.bayern.de. 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
Other websites
Media related to Bad Kissingen at Wikimedia Commons
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