Bad Hersfeld
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Old Town of Bad Hersfeld, taken from the Tageberg
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Location of Bad Hersfeld within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
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| Coordinates: 50°52′6″N 9°42′27″E / 50.86833°N 9.70750°ECoordinates: 50°52′6″N 9°42′27″E / 50.86833°N 9.70750°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Kassel | |
| District | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Thomas Fehling (FDP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 73.82 km2 (28.50 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 29,116 | |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 36251 | |
| Dialling codes | 06621 | |
| Vehicle registration | HEF | |
| Website | www.bad-hersfeld.de | |
The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (Bad is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was Herolfisfeld) is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel.
Bad Hersfeld is known countrywide above all for the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele (festival), which have taken place each year since 1951 at the monastery ruins. These themselves are said to be Europe’s biggest Romanesque church ruin.
In 1967, the town hosted the seventh Hessentag state festival.
The town lies in the Hersfeld Basin formed here by the forks of the Fulda and the Haune. The inner town lies on the Fulda’s left bank. Furthermore, the Geisbach and the Solz empty into the Fulda in the municipal area. In the southwest lie the Vogelsberg Mountains, in the northwest the Knüllgebirge and in the northeast the Seulingswald (ranges, the latter visible in the background of this image).
The town’s lowest point, at 195 m above sea level, is to be found in the area where the Solz empties into the Fulda, whereas the highest point within town limits is the Laxberg in the Knüllgebirge, at 408 m above sea level.
The town can be said to belong both to Northern Hesse (Nordhessen) and Eastern Hesse (Osthessen).
The nearest cities are Kassel, 52 km to the north, Gießen, 79 km to the southwest, Fulda, 36 km to the south and Eisenach, 45 km to the east. Through Bad Hersfeld runs the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße (“German Timber Frame Road”), a holiday road that showcases many of Germany’s timber-frame houses and buildings.
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