Bad Kösen () is a
spa
A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments, which are also known as balneothe ...
town
on the
Saale
The Saale (), also known as the Saxon Saale (german: Sächsische Saale) and Thuringian Saale (german: Thüringische Saale), is a river in Germany and a left-bank tributary of the Elbe. It is not to be confused with the smaller Franconian Saale, ...
river in the small wine-growing region of
Saale-Unstrut,
Germany
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. It is a former municipality in the
Burgenlandkreis
Burgenlandkreis is a district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Its area is .
History
The district was established as Landkreis Burgenland by the merger of the former Burgenlandkreis and Landkreis Weißenfels as part of the reform of 2007. On 16 ...
district, in
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of
and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...
. Bad Kösen has a population of around 5,300. Since 1 January 2010, it has been a ''Stadtteil'' (part) of the town of
Naumburg
Naumburg () is a town in (and the administrative capital of) the district Burgenlandkreis, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Central Germany. It has a population of around 33,000. The Naumburg Cathedral became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. ...
.
Overview
The name of the town was Kösen until 1935.
Bad Kösen, and the nearby
Rudelsburg castle with its memorials to the
German Student Corps
Corps (or Korps; "''das ~''" ('' n''), (''sg.''), (''pl.'')) are the oldest still-existing kind of '' Studentenverbindung'', Germany's traditional university corporations; their roots date back to the 15th century. The oldest corps still exist ...
, is the location of the annual convention of the
Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband
The Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband (abbreviation: KSCV) is the oldest association of German, Austrian and Swiss Studentenverbindungen. It comprises roughly 105 German, Austrian and a Flemish (Belgian), Hungarian and Swiss ''Corps'', all ...
. In sight of the Rudelsburg is the ruin of the nearby
Saaleck Castle.
Bad Kösen was the seat of the former ''
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft
Municipal associations (german: Verwaltungsgemeinschaften) are statutory corporations or public bodies created by statute in the German federal states of Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, and Schleswig-Holstein. In Baden-Württemberg the term ''sti ...
'' ("municipal association")
Bad Kösen.
Pforta
Pforta, or Schulpforta, is a school located in Pforta monastery, a former Cistercian monastery (1137–1540), near Naumburg on the Saale River in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
The site has been a school since the 16th century. Notable past ...
is an ''Ortsteil'' of Bad Kösen.
Gallery
File:Saalebrücken in Bad Kösen.jpg
File:Rudelsburg.jpg, Rudelsburg, c.1890
File:BadKoesen Kurmittelhaus.jpg
File:Bad Kösen Stadtplan 1914.jpg, Map from 1914
File:Bad-Kösen-Gradierwerk.JPG
File:Bismarck Denkmal Bad Koesen 2006-04-01.jpg, Bismarck Memorial
File:Pforta Torhaus.jpg, Gate house of Pforta
File:Notgeld Bad Kösen.jpg
File:AlteMuehleBK.jpg, Old water mill
File:BadKoesen Bahnhof.jpg, Train station
File:AMenzelBuchenhalleKÖ1868.JPG
References
External links
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
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)
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Official website of Bad Kösen
Naumburg (Saale)
Spa towns in Germany
Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt
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