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Reichenhall

Bad Reichenhall
Former town hall
Former town hall
Coat of arms of Bad Reichenhall
Coat of arms
Bad Reichenhall   is located in Germany
Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall
Coordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°E / 47.72472; 12.87694Coordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°E / 47.72472; 12.87694
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Oberbayern
District Berchtesgadener Land
Government
 • Lord Mayor Herbert Lackner (CSU)
Area
 • Total 39.44 km2 (15.23 sq mi)
Elevation 473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 17,443
 • Density 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 83435
Dialling codes 08651
Vehicle registration BGL (until 1979: REI)
Website www.stadt-bad-reichenhall.de

Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufen (1,771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 m). Together with other alpine towns Bad Reichenhall engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the alpine arc. Bad Reichenhall was awarded Alpine Town of the Year 2001.

Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.

Fifteen people, twelve of them children, died in the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink on 2 January 2006. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident.

Alte Saline (old salt refinery)


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