Bad Soden (; also: ''Bad Soden am Taunus'') is a town and spa in the

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. It had a population of 22,563 , up from 21,412 in 2005.

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and other surrounding cities. 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 well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect

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. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am Taunus.

Mayors

Mayors from 1893: * 1893–1912: Georg Busz * 1912–1920: Friedrich Höh * 1920–1923: Niederschulte * 1925–1937: Alfred Benninghoven * 1937–1939: Jakob Rittgen * 1939–1945: Karl Bohle * 1945–1948: Kuno Mayer * 1948–1957: Gilbert Just * 1957–1967: August Karl Wallis * 1967–1973: Helmuth Schwinge * 1973–1977: Hans-Helmut Kämmerer * 1977–1985: Volker Hodann * 1985–1986: Hans Jörg Röhrich (official by the government) * 1986–1992: Berthold R. Gall * 1992–2004: Kurt E. Bender * 2004–2018: Norbert Altenkamp * 2018–present: Frank Blasch

Notable people

* Elvira Bach (born 1951), artist and painter, she was born in Neuenhain (Taunus) and lives in Berlin since 1970 * Otto Frank (1889–1980), father of

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, worked in Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family * Peter Lang (1878–1954), member of the parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar Republic * Christian Seybold (1695–1768), artist of the era of

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; was baptized in Neuenhain (Taunus), lived until 1715 in Soden * Georg Thilenius (1868–1937), ethnologist and anthropologist * Sabine Winter (born 1992), table tennis player, was born in Bad Soden * Edward Wunderly, physician and

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politician, was from Bad Soden

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Soden is twinned with: *

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, France (1975) *

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, Austria (1984) * Františkovy Lázně, Czech Republic (1992) *

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, Japan (2004) * Franklin, United States (2016)

Gallery

File:Bad Soden Taunus alter Kurpark.jpg, The old Park File:Bad Soden am Taunus kath. Kirche und Kurpark.jpg, New park with Catholic Church File:Ev.Kirche BSaTs.jpg, Protestant Church File:Bad Soden, Paulinenschlösschen, vom Park.JPG, "Paulinenschlösschen" File:Bad Soden Taunus Badehaus Frontansicht.JPG, "Badehaus" - The bathhouse File:Bad Soden Taunus Königsteiner Straße.JPG, The "Königsteiner Straße" File:Quellenpark Bad Soden.jpg, Quellenpark

References in Literature

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writt ...

, the Scherbatskys retire to Bad Soden to cure Kitty's illness. In

Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (; rus, links=no, Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́невIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; 9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883 (Old Style dat ...

'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". Featured heavily in Part 3 of

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References

External links

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* * Main-Taunus-Kreis Imperial Villages Spa towns in Germany {{Hesse-geo-stub