Bad Salzungen
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Location of Bad Salzungen within Wartburgkreis district  | ||
| Coordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°ECoordinates: 50°48′42″N 10°14′0″E / 50.81167°N 10.23333°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Thuringia | |
| District | Wartburgkreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Bohl | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 39.06 km2 (15.08 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 15,763 | |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 36433 | |
| Dialling codes | 03695 | |
| Vehicle registration | WAK | |
| Website | www.badsalzungen.de | |
Bad Salzungen is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district. It is situated on the river Werra, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Tiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south of Eisenach. Near the town, there's a Bundeswehr barrack, the Werratal-Kaserne, which was built in 1972 for the GDR Army.
Twin towns – Sister cities
Bad Salzungen is twinned with:
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Mezőkövesd, Hungary (1969) -
Strakonice, Czech Republic (1977) -
Bad Hersfeld, Germany (1990) -
Ishøj, Denmark (1994)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756), Baroque composer
- Heinrich Beck (1878-1937), engineer and inventor of the Beck arc lamp and headlamp Beck
- Fritz Wagner (1895-1966), a machinist, Reichsbanner - official, party official (SPD/SED) and District and Chairman of the Council of circle Meiningen
- Gerhard Unger (1916-2011), tenor
- Hans-Ulrich Jörges (born 1951), journalist, Stern magazine
- Steffen Skel (born 1972), luger
- Alexander Zickler (born 1974), soccer player and German international
- Mark Zimmermann (born 1974), football player and coach at FC Carl Zeiss Jena
- Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), Nordic Combined
- Christian Hirte (born 1976), German politician (CDU)
- Philipp Marschall (born 1988), biathlete and former cross-country skier
- Thomas Bing (born 1990), cross-country skier
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