Bad Liebenzell (; Swabian: ''Bad Liabazell'') is a spa town in the Nagold River valley, the northern part of the

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. It was first mentioned in 1090 and is the heart of the Liebenzeller Mission (a religious movement). Bad Liebenzell is part of the

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; it in turn comprises seven sub-districts besides the town itself: Möttlingen, Unterhaugstett, Monakam, Beinberg, Unterlengenhardt und Maisenbach-Zainen. Bad Liebenzell has also had an alliance with

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since 1992.

Geography

Bad Liebenzell lies to the West of the Centre of Baden-Württemberg in Nagold. The village has an elevation of 310 (Monbachtal) to 687 Metern (Gemarkung Maisenbach-Zainen) and is part of the Nature Park Schwarzwald Mitte/Nord. The City Bad Liebenzell include the former Municipalities Möttlingen, Möttlingen, Beinberg, Maisenbach, Monakam, Unterhaugstett and Unterlengenhardt. To Bad Liebenzell in the borders of 1970, also belonged next to the city the houses Monbachtal and Maisenbacher Sägemühle. Only the eponymous villages belonged to the former municipalities of Unterlengenhardt, Beinberg, Monakam and Unterhaugstett. To the village of Gemeinde Maisenbach belog also Dorf Maisenbach and Siedlung Zainen. The Siedlung Möttlingen and Gehöft Georgenau belonged to the former municipality Möttlingen. The former municipalities are localities within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code with their own Town Council and Mayor as its Chairman.

Politics

Local council

Elections in May 2014: *CDU: 9 seats (− 3) *SPD: 5 seats (± 0) *Offene Liste (Open list): 7 seats (+ 2) *DIE Liste & Alliance 90/The Greens: 3 seats (+ 3) *Total: 24 seats (+2)

Coat of arms and flag

In blue under a black deer bar in a silver tent of black and gold antler floor-standing is a golden bathtub, in which a seated man to see. The bad Liebenzell town's colours are blue and white.

Economy and infrastructure

Bad Liebenzell is on the Nagoldtalbahn, a railway line from

Pforzheim Pforzheim () is a city of over 125,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany. It is known for its jewelry and watch-making industry, and as such has gained the nickname "Goldstadt" ("Golden City") ...

Horb am Neckar Horb am Neckar is a town in the southwest of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river, between Offenburg to the west (about away) and Tübingen to the east (about away). It has around 25,000 inhabitants, of whom ...

on the nationwide route network. Bad Liebenzell also has at its disposal a

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(primary school),

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(secondary school), Realschule, and Förderschule. There is a

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outside the town in the Möttlingen and Unterhaugstett districts. The Bad Liebenzell Theological Seminary was founded in 1902 as a private instituation of the

Liebenzell Mission The Liebenzell Mission is a cluster of like-minded Evangelism, Evangelical mission organizations in Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. With roots in German Pietism, their missionarie ...

, today known as IHL - Internationale Hochschule Liebenzell
www.IHL.eu
, a private University College and Theological

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accredited by the federal Wissenschaftsrat (Science Council), the state of

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and

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. It closely cooperates with Middlesex University London, the ETH Tabor,

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, the CVJM (

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) University of applied sciences in

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Culture and sights

Bad Liebenzell lies on the Ostweg (east way), a trail from

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, on which one can find many sights, including: File:BadLiebenzellBurg.jpg, Stauferburg File:BadLiebenzellStBlasius.jpg, Kirche St. Blasius File:BadLiebenzellKurhaus.jpg, Kurhaus File:Liebenzell_Span.JPG, Nagold Valley 110 kV power cable crossing of Merklingen−Calmbach File:Liebenzell axb01.jpg, Bad Liebenzell File:Bad Liebenzell Mission.jpg, Bad Liebenzell Mission File:Bad-liebenzell-1899.jpg, Liebenzell in 1899 * The Stauferburg from the 13th century is the most impressive building in Bad Liebenzell. * Monaturm (a mobile radio tower at 8°44'09" E, 48°47'18" N) * South of Bad Liebenzell, a 110kV-three phase powerline of the

EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly-traded energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. As its name indicates, EnBW is based in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. History Foundation and development ...

spans the Nagold river valley for 941 metres. * Mission are two remarkable buildings on the mountain of the Liebenzell: the Missionshaus, a beautiful half-timbered House was built in the years 1905 to 1907 in the shape of a cross; a small chapel and the Schleyer Castle and the Schleyer Castle (Schleyerburg), which is below the mission House.

Notable people

*1842, 1 June,

Christoph Blumhardt Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842–1919) was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the founders of Christian socialism in Germany and Switzerland. He was a well-known preacher. In 1899 he announced his support for socialism and joined the S ...

(in Möttlingen), † 2 August 1919 in Jebenhausen, German theologian and politician (

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), MdL (

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) *

Johann Blumhardt Johann Christoph Blumhardt (16 July 1805 – 25 February 1880) was a German Lutheran theologian, best known for his contribution in thought towards a kingdom-now or kingdom-come theology and his motto and centralization of Christianity around th ...

(1805–1880) worked in Möttlingen * Bernhard Buttersack (1858-1925), painter

References

External links

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with a view over the town to the castle of Bad Liebenzell {{Authority control Calw (district) Württemberg Spa towns in Germany