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Bad Arolsen
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Bad Arolsen located in North Hesse. The spa town is known for its castle. Other districts are: Braunsen, Bühle, Helsen, Kohlgrund (with Gut Eilhausen), Landau, Massenhausen, Mengeringhausen, Neu-Berich, Schmillinghausen, Volkhardinghausen, Wetterburg,

background

getting there

By plane

The nearest regional airport is the Paderborn Lippstadt AirportWebsite of this institutionPaderborn Lippstadt Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPaderborn Lippstadt Airport in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryPaderborn Lippstadt Airport (Q685536) in the Wikidata database(IATA: PAD) , located approx. 50 km northwest). If you really want to fly, orientate yourself to the airport FrankfurtWebsite of this institutionFrankfurt Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaFrankfurt Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsFrankfurt Airport (Q46033) in the Wikidata database(IATA: FRA).

By train

Bad Arolsen is on the Kurhessenbahn (Kassel-Korbach railway line), train stations and stops can be found with the 1 Bad Arolsen train station in the city center and the 2 Mengeringhausen stop in the Mengeringhausen district as a demand stop.

By bus

The 3 Long-distance bus stop in Bad Arolsen is at the station forecourt. Occasionally a Flixbus comes by.

In the street

The Symbol: AS 64 Diemelstadt the A44 (Ruhrgebiet-Kassel) take and then the B252 follow to Bad Arolsen.

The German half-timbered street leads through the place.

By bicycle

The Hessian long-distance cycle route R6 runs through the city. This connects Diemelstadt, about 15 km away, with Wiesbaden, true to the motto From the Waldecker Land to the Rhine Valley. The runs through the Twist valley along the Twistesees Twiste cycle path.

mobility

Map of Bad Arolsen

Tourist Attractions

Out and about in Bad Arolsen
The residential palace is an extensive, magnificent complex.

1  Arolsen residential palace. baroque building with palace gardens in the English style.

  • Great avenue - The Große Allee crosses the urban area from the Residenzschloss in an east-west direction. The pleasure palace once stood at the western end, but it was demolished in 1752. This green city axis invites you to take a walk in the shade, especially in midsummer. The 1600 m long, eight-row avenue consists of 880 oaks and was laid out in 1676.
  • Baroque old town

Museums

  • Bad Arolsen Museum - Community site of the five museums located in Bad Arolsen
  • Historicum20 - Forum for contemporary history in the former staff building of the barracks
  • Waldecker toy museum in the district of Massenhausen (Museum side)

activities

Dam of the Twistesees with overflow (café / restaurant)

1  Arobella leisure pool. The bathroom has, inter alia. a 102 m long giant slide with a height difference of 10 m.

  • Swimming and water sports at the Twistesee - There is a lido as well as one Water ski lift.
  • Twistesee Advent Marathon - every year on the first Advent

shop

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

Practical advice

  • Bad Arolsen guest and health center, Rauchstrasse 2, 34454 Bad Arolsen. Tel.: 49 5691 801240, Fax: 49 5691 801238. Open: all year round: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., in addition from Easter to the autumn holidays in Hesse: Sat 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

trips

  • The Waldecker toy museum, housed in a refurbished cross-floor house in Lower Saxony, offers a wealth of memories of children's worlds.
  • 2 Bismarck Observatory Mengeringhausen - The 8 m high control room can be found in the south-west of Bad Arolsen, Mengeringhausen, in a grove of trees. The turret can probably be climbed via an outside staircase. No further information is available on the prospect. Historical info.
  • Landau - The small town is about 6 km southeast of Bad Arlosen on the B 450. Landau has belonged to Bad Arolsen since 1972. You can see a small half-timbered old town with 2 arches, a small castle (today an old people's home) and the historic one Water art. This loads in summer outdoor pool to visit.

literature

Web links

http://www.bad-arolsen.de/ - Bad Arolsen official website

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