Bad Salzungen
Spa hall
Spa hall
Coat of arms of Bad Salzungen
Location of Bad Salzungen within Wartburgkreis district
Bad Salzungen   is located in Germany
Bad Salzungen
Bad Salzungen
Bad Salzungen   is located in Thuringia
Bad Salzungen
Bad Salzungen
Coordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°E / 50.81167; 10.23333
CountryGermany
StateThuringia
DistrictWartburgkreis
Subdivisions22
Government
  Mayor (201824) Klaus Bohl[1]
Area
  Total152.02 km2 (58.70 sq mi)
Elevation
241 m (791 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
  Total23,013
  Density150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
36433
Dialling codes03695
Vehicle registrationWAK, SLZ
Websitewww.badsalzungen.de

Bad Salzungen (German: [baːt ˈzalt͡sʊŋən] ) is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district.

Geography

Burgsee

Location

Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Tiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south of Eisenach.

Divisions

In July 2018 the former municipalities of Ettenhausen an der Suhl, Frauensee and Tiefenort were merged into Bad Salzungen. In December 2020 the former municipality Moorgrund was absorbed. In total the municipality consists of the central town (Kernstadt) and 21 sections (Ortsteile).

Neighbouring communities

Bad Salzungen borders on the following municipalities, from the south and clockwise: Dermbach, Weilar, Leimbach, Krayenberggemeinde, Vacha, Werra-Suhl-Tal, Gerstungen, Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein, Barchfeld-Immelborn (all in Wartburgkreis), and Breitungen in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district.

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Salzungen is twinned with:[3]

Infrastructure

Near the town, there is a Bundeswehr barrack, the Werratal-Kaserne, which was built in 1972 for the GDR Army.

Bad Salzungen station is located on the Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway.

Notable people

References

  1. Gewählte Bürgermeister - aktuelle Landesübersicht, Freistaat Thüringen, accessed 14 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden, erfüllenden Gemeinden und Verwaltungsgemeinschaften in Thüringen Gebietsstand: 31.12.2022" (in German). Thüringer Landesamt für Statistik. June 2023.
  3. "Partnerstädte der Stadt Bad Salzungen". badsalzungen.de (in German). Bad Salzungen. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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