Bad Soden-Salmünster

Bad Soden-Salmünster
Salmünster with Saints Peter and Paul Church
Coat of arms
Bad Soden-Salmünster
Location of Bad Soden-Salmünster within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
Coordinates: 50°16′N 09°22′E / 50.267°N 9.367°E / 50.267; 9.367Coordinates: 50°16′N 09°22′E / 50.267°N 9.367°E / 50.267; 9.367
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Government
• Mayor	Lothar Büttner
Area
• Total	58.62 km2 (22.63 sq mi)
Elevation	157 - 450 m (−1,319 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	13,361
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63628
Dialling codes	06056
Vehicle registration	MKK
Website	www.badsoden-salmuenster.de

Bad Soden-Salmünster is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig, between Fulda and Hanau. It has a population of around 13,000.

The municipality is located on both sides of the Kinzig river in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse. Its territory extends into the hills of the Vogelsberg to the north and into the Spessart to the south.

The two main population centres, Bad Soden and Salmünster, are both situated in the Kinzig valley.

The Stadt (town) Bad Soden-Salmünster today consists of the following 11 Stadtteile (boroughs): Ahl (), Alsberg (), Bad Soden, Hausen, Eckardroth (), Katholisch-Willenroth, Kerbersdorf (), Mernes (), Romsthal (), Salmünster and Wahlert ().

Bad Soden and Salmünster are the two Kernstadtteile (core boroughs). The current municipality was created in the Gebietsreform () of 1970, 1972 and 1974.

From the north, clockwise, the neighbouring municipalities are: Birstein, Steinau an der Straße, Gutsbezirk Spessart () (an unincorporated area surrounding the Stadtteil of Alfeld), Bad Orb, Wächtersbach and Brachttal. The Stadtteil Mernes is separated from the rest of the municipal territory by the Gutsbezirk Spessart. It also borders on Forst Aura () (another unincorporated wooded area and part of the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria) and Jossgrund.