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| Bad Nauheim | ||
| federal state | Hesse | |
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| Residents | 32.163 (2019) | |
| height | 148 m | |
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Bad Nauheim is a spa town in the Hessian Wetterau With beautiful parks and a cozy old town, geared towards the many seniors who take cure here. Other parts of the city are 1 Nieder-Mörlen
, 2 Rödgen, 3 Schwalheim, 4 Steinfurth, 5 Wisselsheim
background
View over Bad Nauheim from the Johannisberg
Bad Nauheim is a very well-kept and quiet place, which is mainly set up to meet the needs of older spa guests. Parks and cafes invite you to take a walk and relax.
The history the place was determined by the salt production. The health resort has only been important for about 150 years.
- 5th-1st century BC: Celtic salt boilers used the natural brine sources to extract salt on a scale that was almost industrial for the time, and thus achieved great wealth.
- 3rd century AD: After the Romans withdrew, salt production was stopped and the facilities fell into disrepair.
- 7th century: Resumption of salt production in the Franconian Empire.
- 16th century: decline in salt production due to a lack of wood.
- 1579: construction of the first simple Graduation buildings made of reed and straw mats. This reduced the consumption of wood as fuel for the enrichment of the salt in brine boilers.
- 1736: The modern, large graduation works, as can be seen today in the spa gardens, are built. Another significant reduction in wood consumption.
- 18th century: The salt pans were among the most modern and largest plants for salt production in Europe. There were 23 graduation buildings (5 today) with a length of 3700 m, as well as 7 water wheels and 2 windmills for the brine transport.
- 1835: Opening of the first brine baths.
- 1846: Successful drilling for large salt deposits, the "great hot spring". This meant that there was enough brine available for salt extraction and the operation of bathing establishments. Thus Nauheim also had a second economic mainstay.
- 1854: Nauheim receives town charter. Establishment of a casino to finance the construction of the spa house and park.
- 1857: The spa gardens are laid out in their current form
- 1869: Nauheim is given the name "Bad"
- 1905-1912: Establishment of the bathing and spa facilities (e.g. Sprudelhof, drinking spa facility) in Art Nouveau style as part of an overall urban planning concept.
- 1959: The salt production was stopped for cost reasons. The remaining graduation towers are now used for inhalation therapy.
getting there
By plane
- The nearest airport is that 1 Frankfurt Airport
(IATA: FRA) - Located about 30 km to the south.
By train
Bad Nauheim is in the tariff zone of RMV. The city has a rail connection to the Main-Weser-Bahn, which Frankfurt With kassel connects.
in the 2 railway station stop the regional trains of the Frankfurt line - to water − Marburg. Furthermore, the "Mittelhessenexpress", which comes from Frankfurt, makes the connection via Gießen and Marburg to Schwalmstadt-Treysa and from Gießen there is a decoupled wing train Dillenburg drives towards Siegen. The regional train consists of modern red electric multiple units with S-Bahn standard.
Train and bus timetables (VgO) for Bad Nauheim
In the street
Bad Nauheim can be reached via the A5 Frankfurt – Gießen motorway.
mobility
The tourist center is easy to explore on foot, as the routes are short and the terrain is flat.
Tourist Attractions
Tourist Attractions
Spa gardens
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Map of Bad Nauheim
- 1 City center. Cozy pedestrian zone with many buildings from the Wilhelminian era as well as a historic market square with a baroque town hall and outdoor catering in the heart of the former village of Nauheim. It is also interesting to visit the Russian Orthodox Church with many icons, some of them old.
- 2 Spa gardens. The 200 hectare park in the style of an English landscape garden has old trees that are well worth seeing. In the complex there is a large pond with rowing boat rental. Attractions in the park are the graduation towers, the drinking spa and the Sprudelhof. The city library at Gradierwerk 1 is also worth seeing.
- 3 Sprudelhof. Imposing Art Nouveau bathing complex. The thermal brine springs are used for health treatments. They are freely accessible as a hot spring in the courtyard. Guided tours offer insights into the lavishly designed bath houses of Europe's largest Art Nouveau ensemble.|
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- 4 Teichhausschlößchen. Built by Crown Prince Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel around 1780 as a pleasure palace on the Kurparksee. It was later sold to the city and now houses a lovely cafe and restaurant overlooking the lake.
- 5 Elvis Presley Place. An Elvis memorial stele in front of the former Hotel Grunewald commemorates Elvis Presley's stay in Bad Nauheim. The world star spent his military service in the city (1958–1960). At that time, the United States still had conscription.
- 6 Drinking cure system. Architecturally based on the first early Christian churches, the healing water is honored here in an almost sacred manner, walkways enable weather-protected walks and a concert shell with gardens offers opportunities for leisure. A café in the inner courtyard invites you to linger. From Tuesday to Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., you can taste 3 of the healing waters here. The entrance is next to the restaurant in the courtyard.
- Graduation towers. The imposing structures were originally used for salt extraction when salt was still a valuable commodity. As a result of evaporation, the brine water was enriched from 3 to 20% salt. This saved a lot of wood as fuel when evaporating the brine. Today they are used for inhalation therapy. There are 5 of these eye-catching systems in the area of the spa park. The most interesting are No. 1 and 3. The pumps that pump the salty water onto the systems were driven by water wheels.
- 7 Graduation building 1. There is an inhalation room where you can sit in the air saturated with brine, a beautiful lawn with loungers and beach chairs and a small Kneipp pool for arms and legs. At the entrance is the Celtic pavilion, where you can see the history of Bad Nauheim and salt production. On weekends and Wednesdays there is a demonstration at 3 p.m. on how salt is extracted from the enriched brine water. Entry € 3.30.
- 8 Graduation building 2. With beach chairs where you can inhale the salty air, a playground, Kneipp pool, barefoot path, fitness trail and herb garden. Without admission.
- 9 Graduation building 3. Located at the southern end of the park, you have the opportunity to try the healing water at a fountain. A particularly impressive feature is the large water wheel that used to be used to pump the brine onto the graduation buildings. Right next to it, a cafe under the trees invites you to linger.
- 10 Graduation building 4 & 5. They are the largest and most impressive of their kind. Of a former windmill from the 18th century that pumped the water onto the graduation buildings, only the tower without wings remains.
- 11 Schwalheimer wheel. one of the largest European water wheels with a diameter of almost 10 m. The special thing about this waterwheel from 1748 is that it moved an almost 900 m long push rod made of oak beams, which drove the brine pumps at graduation tower 5. Today only 170m of it have been preserved as an industrial monument. From the graduation buildings 4/5, a signposted footpath leads from 10 to 15 minutes to the water wheel.
- 12 Goldstein Park. Part of the Hessian State Garden Show 2010 with listed technical buildings from the Art Nouveau era.
- 13 Johannisberg. Nice vantage point with a view over the Vineyard of the city and, on a clear day, to the Frankfurt skyline. Anyone who wants to can use the Cafe-restaurant stop by hotel. Incidentally, the observation tower above the hotel in the forest is not freely accessible. Here has the Wetterau public observatory your seat.
- 14 Geological teaching garden. It is located in the Nieder-Mörlen district and shows the history of the earth's development.
- 15 Rose Museum in the Steinfurth district, Alte Schulstrasse 1,61231 Bad Nauheim. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 86001. Insights into the art and cultural history of the rose, changing exhibitions at a high level.
activities
Medicinal waters
Drinking cure system
As a spa town, the place is mainly tailored to older guests and their needs.
- Medicinal water drinking cures: in the drinking spa 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Treading water. Kneipp pool in the health garden at graduation house 2 and at graduation building 1.
- Inhale. of air saturated with healing water in the graduation building 1.Price: € 3.30.
- Ice scating at the Colonel Knight ice rink
- Visit of the USA wave pool
- Thematic hiking trails. There are five themed hiking trails, between 4 and 12 km long, 3 of them in the center. 1) Tour Brine and salt, marked in blue, start at graduation tower 1. 2) Tour Bathroom and art nouveau, marked in green, start at Tourist Info and 3) tour Bad Nauheim old town, marked in red, start at the market square. Each of the 3 paths takes about 1 hour. There is a fitness trail ("learn better path") 2.7 km in length with 13 stations in the forest park. Finally, the planetary hiking trail from Goldsteinpark to Johannisberg. Planetary sculptures are on the way to scale. 1 step corresponds to 2.8 million km.
- Terrain hiking / Nordic walking. 3 marked terrain cure trails from 3 to 11 km in length and varying degrees of difficulty.
- To go biking. 2 marked routes of 11 and 19 km in length.
- E-bike tours. The tourist information office regularly offers guided tours with your own e-bikes or those you rent locally.
- golf. The over 100 year old 9 hole golf course is located directly at the spa gardens.
- Mini golf. 8 hole course in the middle of the spa gardens.
- Boating. on the large pond in the spa gardens. Pedal boats and row boats are offered.Price: 8 € / 30 min.
- City catching. You navigate with a GPS device to different stations of city-historical interest. You can get the GPS devices in the tourist information.Price: 8 €.
Museum train
- Elvis Presley cult. Elvis lived in Bad Nauheim during his military service. The city commemorates the artist with a memorial and other places where he was present.
- Museum train. Ride on an old museum train with a steam engine from Bad Nauheim to Munzenberg. The station is located exactly opposite the Bad Nauheim train station. A pedestrian tunnel leads to the other side of the tracks.Open: April to October every 1st & 3rd Sunday, 10:00 am, 1:00 pm.Price: 19 € (there and back).
Regular events
- Art and garden market, last weekend in April
- Fruit meadow festival, first weekend in May
- Steinfurt Rose Days, Mid-July
- European Elvis Festival, annually in mid-August
- Wine festival, first weekend in September
- Art Nouveau Festival, Mid-September
- Bad Nauheim notch, first weekend in October
- Kite festival, second weekend in October
Public tours
- In the footsteps of Elvis, two-hour journey back in time to the 1950s and 1960s on the trail of Elvis Presley, who lived in Bad Nauheim from 1958 to 1960 during his military service, every fourth Saturday of the month at 2 p.m.
- Guided tour with the night watchman assistant, in medieval outfit with lantern and halberd, the assistant tells in a one-hour tour of his life as a watchman at night, every first and third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
- Hotel owner from 1912 shows Bad NauheimIn a one-hour guided tour, Chief Engineer Wilhelmine Stockfisch reports on the joys and sorrows of a hotel owner during the Art Nouveau era and gives an insight into a bathhouse, every third Saturday of the month at 2:00 p.m.
- Art Nouveau tour, Insights into the largest self-contained Art Nouveau ensemble in Europe with its harmonious world-famous spa architecture in the drinking cure facility and in the Sprudelhof, two-hour tours on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.
- Mythology in the Sprudelhof, two-hour guided tour through the world of mysticism, longings and dreams, appointments on request at 2:00 p.m.
- Places of faith, two and a half hour guided tour through Protestant, Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, as well as synagogue and mosque, appointments on request at 2:00 p.m.
- City tour Bad Nauheim, two-hour tour through 2,400 years of city history, from the Celtic to the modern saltworks and the transformation of the former Söderdorf into a modern heart spa, on Sundays at 2 p.m.
- Shame on Heinrich, Police Sergeant Heinrich Klinkerfuß reports in one and a half hours from his service from 1855 to 1872, when he put the villains down every second Saturday of the month at 2:00 p.m.
Guided tours for closed groups
- Bad Nauheim for the blind and visually impaired, City history you can touch, hear, smell and feel in the Sprudelhof
- An afternoon with Empress Sissi, Empress Elisabeth of Austria tells interesting anecdotes from her life and reports on her stay in the spa town
- History and stories in the spa gardens, Walk through the spa gardens laid out by Siesmayer in the style of an English landscape park
- Children's tour from the brine to Art Nouveau, child-friendly discovery tour
- Literary walk, the former world heart spa of the Belle Époque, was a meeting place for famous guests who gave the city a literary monument in their biographies, poems, letters and prose works
- Mariechen from Äppelgass' , the resolute and quick-witted original Bad-Nauheimer bath woman in everyday gear and typical dialect tells humorous stories from the heyday of the world bath
- Planet trail, Walk on the planet trail to the astronomical, mythological and artistic backgrounds of the planet sculptures
- Russian guests in Bad Nauheim, Tour in the footsteps of famous Russian guests, such as the writer Alexandr Blok
- Salt and Mee (h) r, History of the Bad Nauheim springs, in the past the warm and mineral springs were used by people to extract salt, today they are used to alleviate various ailments
- Siesmayer's spa gardens, the leader in the person of Creator of the Bad Nauheim spa gardens explains the basic principles of his garden design using personal anecdotes and botanical rarities according to the season
shop
The Pedestrian zone The city center is the best place to go shopping with over 150 shops. Some upscale shops are along Parkstrasse. The Weekly market in the pedestrian zone takes place on Tuesdays 12 noon-6 p.m. and Fridays 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
kitchen
Most of the restaurants are located along the pedestrian zone in the city center. There are pizzerias, Asian and Indian restaurants and also very good and rustic German cuisine.
- 1 Swiss milk house, Nördlicher Park 6, 61231 Bad Nauheim. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 9374433. romantic cafe and restaurant in the park.
- 2 Dolce Bad Nauheim. Hotel, restaurant, cafe with terraces directly at the spa gardens.
- 3 Boiled beef, Ernst-Ludwig-Ring 1. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 9377370. Restaurant and cafe in the drinking facility.
- 4 Cafe at the Ludwigsbrunnen (Witch cottage), At the Ludwigsbrunnen 35. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 32150. Very nicely located cafe with lots of seats under large trees in the spa park.
- 5 Coffee grinder, In the colonnades 4. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 5913. Cafe and simple dishes directly at the spa park.
- 6 Johannisberg, Johannisberg 14. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 1442. Hotel, restaurant and cafe with a wonderful view of the city.
- 7 German house, Hauptstrasse 56. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 2902. Quaint little restaurant with beer garden and its own apple wine and good cuisine on the market square. From 6 p.m. you can only get a seat with a reservation, even on weekdays.
nightlife
In a city designed for spa guests, you shouldn't have high expectations of the nightlife. The entertainment is mainly geared towards the elderly. Nevertheless, there are of course a number of bars, most of which are in the old town on the pedestrian zone and on Parkstrasse.
accommodation
There is a large number of accommodations in all categories, including many luxury hotels for the size of the city.
- 1 Johannisberg. Good hotel with a nice view of the city.
- 2 Dolce Bad Nauheim, Elvis-Presley-Platz 1. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 3030. Former spa, today a luxurious hotel directly at the spa park.
- 3 Villa Grunewald
- 4 Best Western
health
As a health resort, the local economy is geared towards the health business. There are several health clinics, a modern hospital, old people's homes, many specialists and other health facilities.
Practical advice
- Free WIFI is available in the old town and at the rose garden.
- 1 Tourist information, 1, In den Kolonnaden, 61231 Bad Nauheim. Tel.: 49 (0)6032 92 992-0, Email: [email protected].
trips
- Friedberg (5 km) - with a castle complex and old town that are well worth seeing.
- Butzbach (15 km) - worth seeing old town in the half-timbered house style.
- Munzenberg - romantic castle ruins (15 km)
- Corn maze in Lich-Elberstadt (20km) - Maze in corn fields with a varied supporting program
- Bingenheimer Ried with observation tower - nature reserve, fen with rich bird life and special vegetation, (15 km)
- RomanSaalburg Castle (25 km)
- Leisure park Lochmühle (25 km)
- Bad Vilbel (25 km)
- Climbing forest Taunus (25 km) - 12 courses with different levels of difficulty
- open air museum Hessenpark (30 km)
literature
- : Art Nouveau in Bad Nauheim. Koenigstein i. Ts.: Karl Robert Langewiesche successor, 2005, ISBN 978-3784571003 .
- : Adventure in Bad Nauheim: A literary treasure hunt. Bad Nauheim: PR, media service publisher, 2018, ISBN 978-3000605611 .
- : City portrait of Bad Nauheim: with thematic excursions in the area. Bad Nauheim: PR, media service publisher, 2010, ISBN 978-3000300844 .
- : The last cure - chief detective Viktor A. Monk. Hillesheim: KBV, 2013 (4th edition), ISBN 978-3942446839 .
- : The Bad Nauheim disaster: The never-ending story of a thermal bath. Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2017 (4th edition), ISBN 978-3743149748 .
Web links
- https://www.bad-nauheim.de/ - Official website of Bad Nauheim
