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Bad Soden am Taunus

Bad Soden
Coat of arms of Bad Soden
Coat of arms
Bad Soden   is located in Germany
Bad Soden
Bad Soden
Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E / 50.133; 8.500Coordinates: 50°08′N 08°30′E / 50.133°N 8.500°E / 50.133; 8.500
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Main-Taunus-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor Norbert Altenkamp (CDU)
Area
 • Total 12.55 km2 (4.85 sq mi)
Elevation 130-385 m (−1,133 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 22,161
 • Density 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 65812
Dialling codes 06196, 06174 (Altenhain)
Vehicle registration MTK
Website www.bad-soden.de

Bad Soden (also: Bad Soden am Taunus) is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Population 21,412 (2005).

Bad Soden is a residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main. 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 large and well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a small hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am Taunus

Mayors from 1893:

Bad Soden is twinned with:

The old Park

New park with Catholic Church

Protestant Church

"Paulinenschlösschen"

"Badehaus" - The bathhouse

The "Königsteiner Straße"

Quellenpark

In Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, the Scherbatskys retire to Bad Soden to cure Kitty's illness.

In Ivan 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".




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