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Bad Homburg vor der Höhe () is the district town of the
Hochtaunuskreis The Hochtaunuskreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill, Wetteraukreis, district-free Frankfurt, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taun ...
,
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, on the southern slope of the
Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is '' Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are '' Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and '' Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range spa ...
mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe'', which distinguishes it from other places named Homburg. The town has become best known for its mineral springs and spa (hence the prefix ''Bad'', meaning "bath"), and for its
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. Bad Homburg was one of the wealthiest towns in Germany (while the
Hochtaunuskreis The Hochtaunuskreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring districts are Lahn-Dill, Wetteraukreis, district-free Frankfurt, Main-Taunus, Rheingau-Taun ...
itself and the
Landkreis Starnberg Starnberg () is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the southern part of Bavaria, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Fürstenfeldbruck, Munich, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Weilheim-Schongau and Landsberg. Starnberg district ...
in Bavaria regularly vie for the title of the wealthiest district in Germany). the town used the marketing slogan ''Champagnerluft und Tradition'' (Champagne air and tradition).


History


Medieval origins

Local tradition holds that Bad Homburg's documented history began with the mention of the ''Villa Tidenheim'' in the Lorsch codex, associated with the year 782. This ''Villa Tidenheim'' was equated with the historic city center, which is called Dietigheim. The local historian Rüdiger Kurth has questioned this traditional story based on his study of written sources and local factors. In 2002, Kurth initiated
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excavations by the University of Frankfurt, managed by Professor Joachim Henning. The excavations showed no evidence of settlement between the beginning of the
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and the 13th century. It seems that the historical record in the Eberbach chronicles (''Eberbacher Zeugenreihe'') which mentions Wortwin (or Ortwin) von Hohenberch as Homburg's founder about 1180 is the first solid evidence of the town's existence. As early as 1962, in an excavation under the Hirschgang wing of Bad Homburg Castle, two burnt layers were discovered, which the archaeologist
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interpreted as evidence of two former castles having occupied the site in succession and burnt down. Further digs by the University of Frankfurt at Bad Homburg Castle in April 2006, again initiated by Kurth and managed by Prof. Henning, revealed only a single burnt layer, from a
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building, possibly a castle with towers, which was dated from
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finds to the 12th or 13th century. Most likely this building had an association with Wortwin's "castle". A further cultural layer from an even earlier time may lie beneath these remains. Investigations using
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and micromorphological analysis will show whether the dating can be made more precise. Homberg acquired market rights about 1330, but the document granting these rights is said to have been lost. The town's name, "Homburg", is derived from the ''Hohenberg'' Castle. The suffix "vor der Höhe" was probably first recorded in a document of 1399. The designation ''Bad'' was conferred in 1912. The first
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of Hessen-Homburg was Friedrich I of Hessen-Homburg. Friedrich II (1680–1708) attained fame as Prince of Homburg. In 1866, as a result of the
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, Homburg became
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n territory.


Spa town and imperial residence

With the beginning of the spa industry in the town in the mid-19th century, Homburg became an internationally famous spa town. Bad Homburg was favoured particularly by Russian nobility. The spa industry began with the discovery of the ''Elisabethenbrunnen'' ("Princess Elizabeth's spring") in 1834. The first spa building and the first casino in Homburg were built in 1841–1842 by the brothers
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(1806–1877) and Louis Blanc (1806–1852), who later owned the
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. In 1860, the town was connected with
Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
by a railway line. In 1888, Homburg became known throughout the
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because Kaiser Wilhelm II made its castle his imperial summer residence. He later financed the building of the Church of the Redeemer (Erlöserkirche) nearby. The emperor's mother also lived there for several years.
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of the United Kingdom was often a guest; it was he who introduced the Homburg hat and turned-up trousers. Edward took fasting cures at Homburg 32 times. The Bad Homburger Golf Club in the ''Röderweisen'' in Dornholzhausen – now part of Bad Homburg – is Germany's oldest
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. It had its beginnings in the Bad Homburg spa park, where the old clubhouse and even playable parts of the old
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can still be found. Not far away stands the Russian Chapel, properly called All Saints' Church, an
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church whose cornerstone was laid by the Russian imperial couple on 16 October 1896, although they did not attend the church's consecration almost three years later. King
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of Siam (Thailand) sent a garden pavilion in gratitude for a successful cure. It was erected in 1914.
Horex Horex is a German motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1923 by Fritz Kleemann in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in Hesse. From 1935 to the mid-1950s, the company operated as Horex-Columbus-Werk K.G.,then as Horex-Werke KG. The brand name Ho ...
was a well known German motorcycle brand of the "Horex—Fahrzeugbau AG", founded in 1923 in Bad Homburg by Fritz Kleemann.


Jewish history

In 1335, permission was given by Emperor Louis IV to Gottfried von Eppstein to settle 10 Jews in each of the localities of Eppstein, Homburg, and Steinheim; it is uncertain, however, whether any Jews settled in Homburg at that time. Evidence for the existence of a permanent Jewish settlement in Homburg is found only at the beginning of the 16th century. Until 1600 it consisted of 2 or 3 families, and by 1632 these had increased to 16. The first
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was purchased in the 17th century. The community continued to grow so rapidly that in 1703 the landgrave Frederick II of Hesse decided on the construction of a special Judengasse (Jewish quarter). A synagogue, built in 1731, was replaced by a new one in 1867. The Jewish community of Homburg was originally part of the jurisdiction of the rabbinate of Friedberg but began to appoint its own rabbis in the 19th century. A
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printing house was located in Homburg by Seligmann ben Hirz Reis from 1710 until 1713, when he relocated to
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. Among other items, he published
Jacob ibn Ḥabib Jacob ben Solomon ibn Habib (Hebrew: יעקב בן שלמה אבן חביב) (alternative transliteration: Yaakov ben Shlomo ibn Habib) (c. 1460 – 1516) was a rabbi and talmudist, best known as the author of ''Ein Yaakov'', a compilation of all ...
's '' Ein Ya'akov'' (1712). Hebrew printing was resumed there in 1724 by Samson ben Salman Hanau but lack of capital limited his output. The press was acquired in 1736 by Aaron ben Ẓevi Dessau whose publications included the '' Shulhan Arukh ( Ḥoshen Mishpat)'' with commentary (1742). The press was sold in 1748 and transferred in 1749 to Roedelheim. At the beginning of the 20th century, the spa of Homburg became a meeting place of
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intellectuals. The Jewish population numbered 604 (7.14% of the total population) in 1865, declining to 379 in 1910 (2.64%), and 300 in 1933. Of the 74 Jews who remained on 17 May 1939, 42 were deported in 1942/1943 to Concentration Camps, never to return.


Modern age

While the spa business experienced a long-term decrease after the two world wars, the town gained importance by becoming the site for headquarters of various authorities and administrative bodies. By autumn 1946, the military government had already ordered the founding of bizonal authorities. Bad Homburg was chosen as the seat of the financial administrative centre. On 23 July 1947, the Bizone Economic Council instituted the "Special Money and Credit Centre" here in preparation for currency reform. The centre was managed by
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. After the Federal Republic of Germany—- West Germany—- was founded with its capital in
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, the Federal Debt Administration (''Bundesschuldenverwaltung''), the Office for Security Adjustment (''Amt für Wertpapierbereinigung'') and the Federal Equalization Office (''Bundesausgleichsamt'') stayed in Bad Homburg. In the 20th century, Bad Homburg became a favourite residential area among the upper classes. On 30 November 1989,
Alfred Herrhausen Alfred Herrhausen (30 January 1930 in Essen – 30 November 1989 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was a German banker and the Chairman of Deutsche Bank, who was assassinated in 1989. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group an ...
, the manager of
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, was killed and his driver was injured by a car bomb in Bad Homburg. It is alleged that this was an attack by the Red Army Faction, though this has never been proven.


Mayors

*Karl Tettenborn — 1892–1901 *Ernst Ritter von Marx — 1901–1905 *Konrad Maß — 1905–1907 *Walter Lübke DVP 1907–1924 *Georg Eberlein DVP 1924–1933 *Richard Hardt NSDAP 1933–1934 *Erich Meusel NSDAP 1933–1945 *Georg Eberlein FDP, 1945–1948 *Karl Horn CDU, 1948–1962 *Armin Klein CDU, 1962–1980 *Wolfgang Assmann CDU, 1980–1998 *Reinhard Wolters CDU, 1998–2003 (his election was subsequently declared invalid; Wolters was thus never officially mayor. His official acts were not invalidated, however.) *Ursula Jungherr CDU, 2003–2009 *Michael Korwisi Bündnis '90/Grüne, 2009–2015 *Alexander Hetjes CDU, from 18 September 2015


Coat of arms

Bad Homburg's civic coat of arms was granted in 1903 but is said to date from the 15th century on the basis of seals known from that time, although they show a
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rather than the two adzes seen today (the saltire might be two unclear adzes). The reason for the adzes in the arms is not known; it is possibly dialectal
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. The colours, with silver adzes in a blue field, have been in use at least since 1621.


Schools

* Kaiserin-Friedrich-Gymnasium * Humboldtschule * Gesamtschule am Gluckenstein * Maria-Ward-Schule * Feldbergschule (branch Bad Homburg)


Sport

Baseball club Bad Homburg Hornets play in Germany's
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, having competed in the country's first division until 2018. The Bad Homburg Open is a WTA 250 tennis tournament held in the town in honour of its long legacy of playing and developing the sport. The inaugural Bad Homburg Open was held in 2021 and played on grass at the TC Bad Homburg. German player Angelique Kerber won the event.


Notable people


early times

*
Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg (german: Friedrich II. von Hessen-Homburg), also known as the Prince of Homburg (30 March 1633 – 24 January 1708) was Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. He was also a successful and experienced general for the crowns of ...
(1633–1708), successful and experienced general, eponymous hero of The Prince of Homburg * Friedrich Ludwig Abresch (1699–1782), Dutch philologist * Isaac von Sinclair (1775–1815), writer, diplomat and friend of the poet
Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (, ; ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Part ...
* Ferdinand, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1783–1866), nobleman, last landgrave of
Hesse-Homburg Hesse-Homburg was formed into a separate landgraviate in 1622 by the landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt; it was to be ruled by his son, although it did not become independent of Hesse-Darmstadt until 1668. It was briefly divided into Hesse-Homburg and ...
*
Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (13 October 1785, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe – 14 April 1846, Berlin) was a German noblewoman. She was the most senior woman at the Prussian court from 1810 to 1823. She was styled as "Princess Wilhelm of Pr ...
(1785–1846), noblewoman, acted as the first lady of Prussia from 1810 to 1840


19th c.

* Károly Lotz (1833–1904), German-Hungarian painter *
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(1836–1910), architect and archaeologist, notable for his dig in
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in 1889 * Karl Wilhelm von Meister (1863–1935), German politician and diplomat * Heinrich Jacobi (1866–1946), architect and archaeologist of the
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, son of
Louis Jacobi Louis Jacobi (21 April 1836 – 24 September 1910) was a German architect and archaeologist. He is most notable for his 1889 dig in Pompeii and his reconstruction of the Saalburg The Saalburg is a Roman fort located on the main ridge of t ...
*
Fritz von Loßberg Friedrich Karl "Fritz" von Loßberg (30 April 1868 – 4 May 1942) was a German colonel and later general, of the First World War. He was an operational planner, especially of defence, who served as chief of staff in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th armies ...
(1868–1942), colonel, and later general, of WW1, a strategic defence planner *
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(1885–1944), controversial Austrian tennis player, competed in the
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* Rudolf von Eschwege (1895–1917), a fighter pilot in WW1, operating on the
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*
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(1888–1970), Nobel Prize-winning author (1966 together with Nelly Sachs)


20th c.

* Walter Eckhardt (1906–1994), lawyer and local, national and Euro politician *
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(1916–2002), stage and film actress * Heinz Schmidt (1920–1943), German Luftwaffe officer * Judith Hemmendinger (born 1923), German-born Israeli researcher and author specializing in child survivors of
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* Johanna Quandt (1926–2015), very wealthy business woman, major shareholder of BMW * Wolfgang Strödter (1948–2021), field hockey player and
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winner *
Georg Schramm Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows '' Scheibenwischer'' and '' Neues aus der Anstalt''. Biography Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the S ...
(born 1949), psychologist and Kabarett artist *
Lorenz Jäger Lorenz Jäger (born 6 June 1951 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) is a German sociologist and journalist. Biography Lorenz Jäger studied sociology and German literature at the Philipps-Universität Marburg and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Uni ...
(born 1951), sociologist and journalist * Reinhard Genzel (born 1952), astrophysicist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy". * Cornelia Füllkrug-Weitzel (born 1955), parson and director of action ''Brot für die Welt'' (Bread for the World) *
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* Olaf Velte (born 1960), writer *
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(born 1962), daughter of Johanna Quandt, BMW heiress, one of the richest women of Germany * Martin Schneider (born 1964), comedian * Stefan Quandt (born 1966), billionaire BMW heir, engineer and industrialist. * Stella Deetjen (born 1970), founder and chair person of Back to Life e.V., a charitable organisation providing development assistance and emergency relief in Nepal * Marc Erwin Babej (born 1970), artist * Roland Böer (born 1970), conductor and festival manager


Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is twinned with: * Cabourg, France * Chur, Switzerland *
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, Croatia *
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, England, United Kingdom *
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, Czech Republic * Mayrhofen, Austria * Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg * Petergof, Russia *
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References


External links

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Alemannia-judaica.de

Hesse (Jewish Encyclopedia)
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Official tourist website of the town of Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe
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Cultural monuments in Bad Homburg
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Homburg
in the photograph collection of Schloss Doorn * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bad Homburg Vor Der Hoehe Spa towns in Germany Historic Jewish communities in Europe Hochtaunuskreis Holocaust locations in Germany