Bad Soden | |
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 Residential building in Bad Soden, designed byFriedensreich Hundertwasser | |
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Location of Bad Soden within Main-Taunus-Kreis district  | |
  Bad Soden  Bad Soden | |
| Coordinates:50°08′N08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E /50.133; 8.500 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Main-Taunus-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 3Stadtteile: Bad Soden, Neuenhain, Altenhain |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2023–29) | Frank Blasch[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 23,162 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 65812 |
| Dialling codes | 06196, 06174 (Altenhain) |
| Vehicle registration | MTK |
| Website | www.bad-soden.de |
Bad Soden (German:[baːtˈzoːdn̩]ⓘ;also:Bad Soden am Taunus) is a town and spa in theMain-Taunus-Kreis,Hessen,Germany. It had a population of 22,563 as of 2017[update], up from 21,412 in 2005.
Bad Soden is a residential town for commuters working inFrankfurt am Main and other surrounding cities. It is known for its various springs, which contain carbonic acid gas and various iron oxides. The waters are used both internally and externally, and are widely exported. Soden lozenges (German:Sodener Pastillen), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a hospital. It also has a residential building by the architectFriedensreich Hundertwasser. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am Taunus.
Mayors from 1893:[3]
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Rueil-Malmaison, France (1975)
Kitzbühel, Austria (1984)
Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic (1992)
Yōrō, Japan (2004)
Franklin, United States (2016)
InLeo Tolstoy'sAnna Karenina, the Scherbatskys retire to Bad Soden to cure Kitty's illness.
InIvan Turgenev's "Spring Torrents," Dimitry Sanin takes a trip with his future lover, Gemma, and her current fiancé to Soden, "a small town about half an hour's distance from Frankfurt".
Featured heavily in Part 3 ofThomas Pynchon'sGravity's Rainbow.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Soden".Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. | This article needs to beupdated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(October 2010) |
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