Bad Schönborn is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in northern Karlsruhe district in

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

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. It is located on the

Bertha Benz Memorial Route The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's first long distance road trip by a vehi ...

. In 1971, two previous towns Bad Langenbrücken and Bad Mingolsheim were combined, and the town was named Bad Schönborn after

Damian Hugo von Schönborn Damian () may refer to: *Damian (given name) *Damian (surname) *Damian Subdistrict, in Longquanyi District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China See also *Damiani, an Italian surname *Damiano (disambiguation) *Damien (disambiguation) *Damon (disambiguation) *Da ...

, archbishop of

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ; ; ), historically known in English as Spires, is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in the western part of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the r ...

(1719–1743), who built Kislau Castle in Bad Mingolsheim. Bad Schönborn is famous for being a health resort with mineral springs, and this spa offers the largest roofed swimming area in Germany to people with a wide range of diseases, e.g.

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. Bad Schönborn is one of the well-known health resorts in Baden-Württemberg due to its sulfur and thermal water. It has numerous spa and rehabilitation facilities. The development of the St. Lambertus thermal fountain, which the former mayor Willhauck promoted, was a major factor in the upswing of the health resort. Under his successor, Bender, the Thermarium was inaugurated in the current spa area in Mingolsheim in 1975. The most important local clinics and rehabilitation centers are the St. Rochus Clinic in Bad Mingolsheim, the Sigmund-Weil and Gotthard Schettler Clinic, and the Sigel Clinic and the Mikina Clinic in Bad Langenbrücken. Archbishop Franz Christoph von Hutten founded the sulphur spa in Bad Langenbrücken in 1766. A famous citizen is the minister of the interior of

parliament

Heribert Rech Heribert Rech (born April 25, 1950, in Östringen, Württemberg-Baden, West Germany) is a German lawyer and politician. Since 2004, he has been the Minister of the Interior in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Rech studied law in Heidelber ...

. The

Battle of Mingolsheim The Battle of Mingolsheim () was fought on 27 April 1622, near the German village of Wiesloch, south of Heidelberg (and south of Wiesloch), between a Protestant army under General von Mansfeld and the Margrave of Baden-Durlach against a ...

took place near Mingolsheim during the

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on April 27, 1622.

People of Bad Schönborn

Peter Luder Peter Luder (1415–1472), was a German professor of Latin at the University of Heidelberg from 1456, was the first to introduce humanist Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential, and agenc ...

(1415–1472) a professor of

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at the

University of Heidelberg Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...

Franz Mone Franz Josef Mone (12 May 1796, in Mingolsheim near Bruchsal, Baden – 12 March 1871, in Karlsruhe) was a historian and archaeologist. He attended the gymnasium at Bruchsal and in 1814 entered Heidelberg University, where in 1817 he was appoin ...

(* 12. May 1796 in Mingolsheim) a historian and archeologist * Al (Albert) Sieber (* 27. February 1843 in Mingolsheim) Chief of Scouts during the

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William Stang William Stang (April 21, 1854 – February 2, 1907) was a German Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Fall River from 1904 until his death in 1907. Biography Early life William Stang was born on April 21, 1854, in Langenbrück ...

(* 21. April 1854 in Langenbrücken) Bishop of Fall River in Massachusetts], the Bishop Stang High School is named in memory of William Stang.

References

External links

Bertha Benz Memorial Route
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Schonborn Karlsruhe (district) Spa towns in Germany