Bad Nauheim
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Location of Bad Nauheim within Wetteraukreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°22′N 8°45′E / 50.367°N 8.750°ECoordinates: 50°22′N 8°45′E / 50.367°N 8.750°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
| District | Wetteraukreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Armin Häuser (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 32.55 km2 (12.57 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 31,630 | |
| • Density | 970/km2 (2,500/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 61231 | |
| Dialling codes | 06032 | |
| Vehicle registration | FB | |
| Website | www.bad-nauheim.de | |
Bad Nauheim is a town in the Wetteraukreis district of Hesse state of Germany.
As of 2012, Bad Nauheim has a population of 30,788. The town is approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Frankfurt am Main, on the east edge of the Taunus mountain range. It is a world-famous resort, noted for its salt springs, which are used to treat heart and nerve diseases. A Nauheim or "effervescent" bath, named after Bad Nauheim, is a type of spa bath through which carbon dioxide is bubbled. This bath was one of several types of hydrotherapy used at Battle Creek Sanitarium and it was also used at Maurice bathhouse, in Bathhouse Row in the early 1900s, during the heyday of hydrotherapy. The Konitzky Foundation, a charitable foundation and hospital for those without means, was founded in 1896 and its building occupies a central place next to the Kurpark.
On September 29, 1945 General Dwight D. Eisenhower reassigned General Patton from his beloved 3rd Army, the army he successfully led from the Normandy landings, to Czechoslovakia as Eisenhower could no longer keep General Patton in position as the Military Governor of Bavaria. General Patton was assigned to command the Fifteenth Army, actually a group of historians given status as an Army, with its headquarters in Bad Nauheim. On December 9, 1945, General Patton left Bad Nauheim for a hunting trip near Mannheim, during which he died after a car crash.
The Grand Hotel in Bad Nauheim was also the location of the Gestapo-led internment of around 115 Americans who worked in the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, December 1941. The group left Bad Nauheim on May 12, 1942.
In addition, during World War II Adolf Hitler had a command complex in nearby Langenhain-Ziegenberg called Adlerhorst, "the Eagle's Nest" (not to be confused with Kehlsteinhaus of Obersalzberg, which was never referred to as "the Eagle's Nest" by the Nazis).
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