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Bad Salzungen | |
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Location of Bad Salzungen within Wartburgkreis district  | |
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| Coordinates:50°48′42″N10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°E /50.81167; 10.23333 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Thuringia |
| District | Wartburgkreis |
| Subdivisions | 22 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2024–30) | Klaus Bohl[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.02 km2 (58.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 23,133 |
| • Density | 152.17/km2 (394.12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 36433 |
| Dialling codes | 03695 |
| Vehicle registration | WAK, SLZ |
| Website | www.badsalzungen.de |
Bad Salzungen (German:[baːtˈzalt͡sʊŋən]ⓘ) is a town inThuringia,Germany. It is the capital of theWartburgkreis district.
Bad Salzungen is situated on the riverWerra, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east ofTiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south ofEisenach.
In July 2018 the former municipalities ofEttenhausen an der Suhl,Frauensee andTiefenort were merged into Bad Salzungen. In December 2020 the former municipalityMoorgrund was absorbed. In total the municipality consists of the central town (Kernstadt) and 21 sections (Ortsteile).
Bad Salzungen borders on the following municipalities, from the south and clockwise:Dermbach,Weilar,Leimbach,Krayenberggemeinde,Vacha,Werra-Suhl-Tal,Gerstungen,Ruhla,Bad Liebenstein,Barchfeld-Immelborn (all in Wartburgkreis), andBreitungen inSchmalkalden-Meiningen district.
Bad Salzungen istwinned with:[3]
Mezőkövesd, Hungary (1969)
Strakonice, Czech Republic (1977)
Bad Hersfeld, Germany (1990)
Ishøj, Denmark (1994)Near the town, there is aBundeswehr barrack, theWerratal-Kaserne, which was built in 1972 for theGDR Army.
Bad Salzungen station is located on theEisenach–Lichtenfels railway.
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