Bad Salzungen () is a town in

Thuringia Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million. Erfurt is the capital and lar ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. It is the capital of the

Wartburgkreis Wartburgkreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) the districts Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Gotha, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, and the districts Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg and We ...

district.

Geography

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Location

Bad Salzungen is situated on the river

Werra The Werra (), a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser. "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of German. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia. After the Werra joins the river Fulda in the ...

, east of

Tiefenort Tiefenort is a village and a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Since July 2018, it is part of the town Bad Salzungen. It is situated on the river Werra, 5 km west of Bad Salzungen, and 8 km east of ...

and south of

Eisenach Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situat ...

Divisions

In July 2018 the former municipalities of Ettenhausen an der Suhl, Frauensee and

were merged into Bad Salzungen. In December 2020 the former municipality

Moorgrund Moorgrund is a former municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. In December 2020, it was merged into the town Bad Salzungen.Dermbach Dermbach is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. The former municipalities Brunnhartshausen, Diedorf Diedorf is a municipality in the district of Augsburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Sch ...

, Weilar, Leimbach,

Krayenberggemeinde Krayenberggemeinde is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was named after the hill Krayenberg. It was formed on 31 December 2013 by the merger of the former municipalities Dorndorf and Merkers-Kieselbach Mer ...

, Vacha,

Werra-Suhl-Tal Werra-Suhl-Tal is a town and a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was created on 1 January 2019 by the merger of the municipalities of Berka/Werra, Dankmarshausen, Dippach and Großensee. Its name refers to the ri ...

Gerstungen Gerstungen is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. In July 2018 the former municipalities of Marksuhl and Wolfsburg-Unkeroda were merged into Gerstungen. History Between 1945 and 1990, Gerstungen station serve ...

, Ruhla,

Bad Liebenstein Bad Liebenstein is a municipality and spa town in Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Geography Location Bad Liebenstein is situated 25 km north of Meiningen, and 18 km south of Eisenach. It is located in the ''Mittelgebirge ...

Barchfeld-Immelborn Barchfeld-Immelborn is a municipality in the Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. It was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former municipalities Barchfeld and Immelborn. The river Werra The Werra (), a river in central ...

(all in Wartburgkreis), and

Breitungen Breitungen (official name: ''Breitungen/Werra'') is a municipality in the Schmalkalden-Meiningen district, Thuringia, Germany. It is situated on the river Werra, southeast of Bad Salzungen Bad Salzungen () is a town in Thuringia, Germany. It ...

in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district.

Twin towns – sister cities

Bad Salzungen is twinned with: *

Mezőkövesd Mezőkövesd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary. It lies from Miskolc and from Eger. History The area has been inhabited since the Great Migration. It is likely that the first Hungarian settlement was formed here sh ...

, Hungary (1969) *

Strakonice Strakonice (; german: Strakonitz) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. Administrative parts Strakonice is made up of town parts of Strakonice I and Strakonice II, and villages of Dražejov ...

, Czech Republic (1977) *

Bad Hersfeld The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (''Bad'' is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was ''Herolfisfeld'') is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southe ...

, Germany (1990) *

Ishøj Ishøj is a Danish town with a population of 20,017 (1 January 2015).Bundeswehr The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

barrack, the ''Werratal-Kaserne'', which was built in 1972 for the GDR Army. Bad Salzungen station is located on the Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway.

Notable people

* Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756), Baroque composer *

Richard Mühlfeld Richard Bernhard Herrmann Mühlfeld (February 28, 1856 – June 1, 1907) was a German clarinettist who inspired Johannes Brahms and Gustav Jenner to write chamber works including the instrument. The pieces that Brahms wrote for him are the '' ...

(1856-1907), clarinettist * (1878-1937), engineer and inventor of the Beck arc lamp and headlamp Beck * (1895-1966), a machinist, Reichsbanner-official, party official (SPD/SED) and chairman of the council of Meiningen district *

Gerhard Unger Gerhard Unger (26 November 1916 – 4 July 2011) was a German lyric tenor. Born in Bad Salzungen, he studied in Berlin and began singing concerts and oratorios in 1945, once the war was over. Unger made his debut as an opera singer in 1947 in ...

(1916-2011), tenor * Thomas Hertel (born 1951), composer * (born 1951), journalist, ''Stern'' magazine *

Steffen Skel Steffen Sartor (née Skel, born 14 June 1972, in Bad Salzungen, Bezirk Suhl) is a German luger who competed from 1992 to 2004. He was a doubles specialised who formed a successful partnership with Steffen Wöller during the ...

(born 1972), luger * Alexander Zickler (born 1974), soccer player and German international * Mark Zimmermann (born 1974), football player and coach at

FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Ober ...

* Ronny Ackermann (born 1977), Nordic Combined *

Christian Hirte Christian Hirte (born 23 May 1976) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as member of the German Bundestag since 2008. Since 2020, he has been the chairman of CDU in Thuringia. From 2018 ...

(born 1976), German politician (CDU) * Philipp Marschall (born 1988), biathlete and former cross-country skier * Thomas Bing (born 1990), cross-country skier

References

External links

{{Authority control Wartburgkreis Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen Spa towns in Germany