Bad Reichenhall (;

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, and administrative center of the

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district in

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. It is located near

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in a basin encircled by the

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(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 in 2001. Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of

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production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from

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ponds.

History

* The earliest known inhabitants of the area were tribes of the Glockenbecher-Culture (a

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Culture, from about 2000 B.C.) * In the age of the

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(about 450 B.C.) organised salt production commenced utilising the local brine pools. In the same period a Celtic place of worship is placed at the "Langacker". * From 15 B.C to 480 A.D, the city was part of a Roman province,

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. * 1136 A.D bought the founding of a monastery St. Zeno. * In 1617–1619, a wooden pipeline for

exportation to

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was built, with a length of 31 km, and more than 200 m in altitude difference. * In 1834, two thirds of the city's buildings were destroyed by a major fire. * The early 19th century saw the beginning of tourism, with Reichenhall becoming a famous health resort. * From 1890 Reichenhall became known as "Bad Reichenhall". * During

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the area was bombed by Allied forces, killing 200 people on 25 April 1945. The town centre with many hospitals and the train station was nearly totally destroyed; the barracks did not suffer any damage. After the war the area was under American military governance (1945–1948). * After World War II, the Americans established a

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camp in the town, where

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lived for several years before immigrating to other countries. * In

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visited the DP camp, and saw the artworks created by Samuel Bak, one of the Holocaust survivors living at the camp. * On 1 November 1999, 16-year-old Martin Peyerl shot at people in the streets from his bedroom window, killing three and wounding several others, among them actor Günter Lamprecht. He finally committed suicide after fatally shooting his sister and the family cat. * In 2001 Bad Reichenhall was named Alpine Town of the Year and a few years later became a member of Alpine Pearls. Website

' from alpine-pearls.com

Ice rink disaster

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.

Notable people from Bad Reichenhall

Anni Friesinger-Postma Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977) is a German former Speed skating, speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana w ...

(born 1977), German speed skater (born in Bad Reichenhall, lived in Inzell ~10 km away and now lives in Salzburg) *

Johannes Frießner __NOTOC__ Johannes Frießner (22 March 1892 – 26 June 1971) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Biography Born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Friessner e ...

(1892–1971), World War II German Army general *

Lore Frisch Lore Frisch (1925, Schwindegg – 1962, Potsdam) was a Germans, German actress. Selected filmography * ''The Blue and White Lion'' (1952) * ''Young Heart Full of Love'' (1953) * ''Marriage Strike (1953 film), Marriage Strike'' (1953) * ''52 W ...

, well known German actress in the 1940s and 1950s. Moved from

to Bad Reichenhall in the mid-1930s and got her start in acting in Bad Reichenhall before becoming famous in Munich and Berlin. * Hermann Gassner Jr (* 1988), rally driver * Walter Grabmann (1905–1992), German World War II

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General * Barbara Gruber, ski mountaineer * Regina Häusl, alpine skier (born in Bad Reichenhall, started for the Ski-Klub Bad Reichenhall, lives in Schneizlreuth since her birth) * Andreas Hinterstoisser (1914–1936), German mountaineer * Andreas Hofer (composer), composer (1629–1684) * Michael Neumayer, (* 1979), ski jumper * Georg Nickaes, (* 1971), ski mountaineer * Franz Oberwinkler, (1939–2018), mycologist, expert on Heterobasidiomycetes * Philipp Öttl (born 1996), World Super Bikes motorcycle racer for Team GoEleven * Martin Peyerl (1983-1999), German mass murderer * Günther Rall (1918–2009), World War II Luftwaffe ace, postwar Luftwaffe general * Gerd Rasp (born 1960), physician of

otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the surgical an ...

* Peter Schreyer, (* 1953), car designer * Hans Söllner, (* 1955), singer-songwriter * Walter F. Tichy, (* 1952), computer scientist, initial developer of the RCS

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system * Karl Ullrich (1910–1996), SS Oberführer

Gallery

Lattengebirge.jpg, View from above REI Alte Saline 01.jpg, Alte Saline (old saltworks) REI Ruine Karlstein 06.jpg, Karlstein castle ruins REI NonnerK 03.jpg, St. George's church REI Pulverturm 01.jpg, Powder tower REI Pankrazkirche 07.jpg, St. Pancras church at night

Also see

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Berchtesgaden Alps The Berchtesgaden Alps (, ) are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, named after the market town of Berchtesgaden located in the centre. It is crossed by the Austria–Germany border: the central part belongs to the Berchtesgadener Lan ...

Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden () is a municipality in the district Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany, near the border with Austria, south of Salzburg and southeast of Munich. It lies in the Berchtesgaden Alps. South of the town, the Be ...

# Jenner # Hochkönig

History

Ice rink disaster

Notable people from Bad Reichenhall

Gallery

Also see

References

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