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Bad Sooden-Allendorf is a
spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath in 1668. H ...
in the
Werra-Meißner-Kreis Werra-Meißner is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel. History The di ...
in
Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
,
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.


Geography


Location

The spa town of Bad Sooden-Allendorf lies in the
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 t ...
valley near the
Hoher Meißner The Hoher Meißner is a mountain massif with a height of 753.6 m and is located in the '' Meißner-Kaufunger Wald'' nature park in Hesse, Germany. Geography The Hoher Meißner is densely forested and covers an area of 10 km by 5 km. ...
, right on the boundary with
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 larg ...
, almost at Germany's geographical centre, 33 km east of
Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
.


Neighbouring communities

Bad Sooden-Allendorf borders in the north on the communities of
Lindewerra Lindewerra is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld in Thuringia, Germany. It is part of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Hanstein-Rusteberg. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 Lindewerra was one of the few villages in the German Democra ...
, Wahlhausen and
Asbach-Sickenberg Asbach-Sickenberg is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, in Thuringia, Germany. As a result of the 1945 Wanfried agreement, formerly Hessian Asbach-Sickenberg became part of the Soviet occupation zone and the later German Democratic Rep ...
, in the east on the communities of Wiesenfeld und Volkerode (all in Thuringia's Eichsfeld district), in the south on the community of
Meinhard Meinhard is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The community lies in the North Hesse Low Mountain Range landscape on the edge of the Werra valley, 3 km from the district seat of Eschwege. Near ...
, the town of
Eschwege Eschwege (), the district seat of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany. In 1971, the town hosted the eleventh ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location The town lies on a broad plain tract of the river Wer ...
and the community of
Berkatal Berkatal is a municipality in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Berkatal lies in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park at the foot of the Hoher Meißner massif. The river Berka rises within community limits. Neig ...
, in the west on the town of
Großalmerode Großalmerode (or ''Grossalmerode'') is a town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location The small town, which has had town rights since 1775, lies 21 km east of Kassel in the Meißner-Kaufunger Wald Nature Park ...
and in the northwest on the town of
Witzenhausen Witzenhausen is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany. It was granted town rights in 1225, and until 1974, it was a district seat. The University of Kassel maintains a satellite campus in Witzenhausen at which is ...
(all in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis).


Constituent communities

Besides the main town, which is also called Bad Sooden-Allendorf, the town has nine other '' Stadtteile'' named Ahrenberg, Dudenrode, Ellershausen, Hilgershausen, Kammerbach, Kleinvach,
Oberrieden Oberrieden is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is one of the towns along the south shore of Lake Zurich. History Oberrieden is first mentioned between 1133 and 1167 as ''Obrendrieden''. Geog ...
, Orferode and Höfe-Weiden. The main town itself is divided into Sooden and Allendorf, the former of which is west of the
railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
tracks.


History

The place has existed since at least the late 8th century. This is confirmed by one of the
Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages * Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany * East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...
king
Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first Holy ...
’s donation documents, which historians have dated to some time between 776 and 779. With this document, Charlemagne transferred the saltsprings, the saltpans, the saltworkers, the market, the tribute and the toll of the settlement of ''Westera'' to the
Fulda Abbey The Abbey of Fulda (German ''Kloster Fulda'', Latin ''Abbatia Fuldensis''), from 1221 the Princely Abbey of Fulda (''Fürstabtei Fulda'') and from 1752 the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda (''Fürstbistum Fulda''), was a Order of Saint Benedict, Benedicti ...
. The settlement’s name refers to its location on the western border with
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 larg ...
, which still runs through here today. In April 1637, during the
Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
, the Geleen and Count Isolani Croatian regiments attacked the town, whereby the town was burnt almost right down. Even the two churches and the town hall were destroyed. The council estate – built wholly out of stone – withstood the great town fire, and still remains preserved today as the town’s oldest building. For more than a thousand years, until the late 19th century,
salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...
was extracted from
brine Brine is a high-concentration solution of salt (NaCl) in water (H2O). In diverse contexts, ''brine'' may refer to the salt solutions ranging from about 3.5% (a typical concentration of seawater, on the lower end of that of solutions used for br ...
at the
saltworks A saltern is an area or installation for making salt. Salterns include modern salt-making works (saltworks), as well as hypersaline waters that usually contain high concentrations of halophilic microorganisms, primarily haloarchaea but also othe ...
by boiling. The brine was brought up from a deposit under the town. The breaking of the salt monopoly in the wake of annexation by
Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...
in 1866 led to a fall in price, which in turn led to the industry’s end. The last salt was produced in 1906. Along with the downfall of the saltworks, however, came the discovery of the brine’s healing properties, and thus began the spa industry, with a bathhouse opening on 1 June 1881. Still today, the time of saltmaking is remembered with the ''Brunnenfest'' (“Well Festival”) held yearly at
Whitsun Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian High Holy Day of Pentecost. It is the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Ho ...
, when salt is extracted from brine by boiling in an historically authentic process to demonstrate how salt was produced. In a salt museum, the salt is then sold; presented there, as well, is the history of saltmaking.


Modernization

At the turn of the millennium, the
graduation tower A graduation tower (occasionally referred to as a thorn house) is a structure used in the production of salt which removes water from a saline solution by evaporation, increasing its concentration of mineral salts. The tower consists of a wood ...
was dismantled and completely rebuilt. In late 2005, a new bathhouse with a big
sauna A sauna (, ), or sudatory, is a small room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire. A thermometer in a ...
area was finished, to lure privately paying guests to town. In April 2007, a new event hall for conventions and concerts was opened. Even the street layout was changed. Since that time there has been no more direct link between Sooden-Nord and Sooden-Süd. Traffic must turn off and take the bypass road through the industrial area. Furthermore, the
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
is currently reduced to two tracks and is being modernized with the goal of establishing a direct link to Sooden. Through these measures the town hopes to work against the downturn in the spa operations by making the bathhouse and spa area easier to reach and making it into a
pedestrian precinct Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town reserved for pedestrian-only use and in whi ...
.


Politics


Town council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:


Mayors

The town's mayor is Frank Hix (Party of CDU). He won the mayoral contest on 2 November 2008 between him and Thomas Giese (Party of SPD). List of former mayors of Allendorf (up to the union with Sooden in 1929) and of Bad Sooden-Allendorf (from 1929): *Frank Hix (since 2009) *Ronald Gundlach (March 1997 to 2009) *Erich Giese (1991 to 1997) *Rolf Jenther (1984 to resign in 1991, shortly after the re-election) *Rolf Erich Barié (1978–1984) *Gerhard Harke (1960–1978) *Fritz Franke (April 1946 to 1960, acting since September 1945) *Wilhelm Siebert (June 1945 – September 1945) *Fritz Haase (April 1945 – June 1945) *Cornelius Bents (January 1945 to April 1945) *Ferdinand Schneider (May 1930 – December 1944) *Dr. jur. Karl Eulert (August 1925 – April 1930) *Charles Leimbach (December 1923 to July 1925, City Treasurer / Acting Mayor) *Adolf Müller (January 1898 – December 1923) *Georg Ludwig Oeste (June 1877 – July 1897) *Leutnand A.D. Hugo Jesse (January 1874 – May 1876) *Kroeschell Otto Heinrich (1853–1873) *Christian August Seyl (1834–1852) *Lorenz Heinrich Stephan (1808 to 1813 but no mayor, during the Westphalian time) *Barthold Storm (+ -1650) The following list shows the names of the families of the 19th century - since about 1400 - the owner, almost "tenant" in the Mayor's Office in Allendort (it does not claim to be exhaustive, sorted alphabetically with no annual figures). They were the patricians, the City Council: Brandt, Breul, Casselmann, Cörper/Corper, Deichmann, Diede, Dietz, Dörr, Eschstruht, Frohn, Gaule, Gehrung, Gille, Grau, Grebe, Grunewald, Gundlach, Haas, von Haagen, Hupfeld, Hüter, Iring, von Jossa, Isenhuth, Kirchmeyer, Klinkerfuß, Königsee, Kraft, Kröschell, Lappe, Lutemann, Marold, Mattenberg, Meinhard, Jost Motz (um 1620), Müller, Neuenroth, Niedenstein, Geißler Praesendt (um 1585), Prediger, Quentel, Ruland, Saame, Schaffnicht, Heinrich Schaub (um 1440), Schmidt, Schnödde, Stephan, Storm, Thaurer, Tholde, Thorey, Valentin, Vielmeder, Vietor, Wagner, Weber, Wehr, Wissenbach, Wolff


Coat of arms


Town partnerships

Bad Sooden-Allendorf maintains partnership arrangements with these towns: *
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since 1974 *
Bad Frankenhausen Bad Frankenhausen (officially: Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser) is a spa town in the German state of Thuringia. It is located at the southern slope of the Kyffhäuser mountain range, on an artificial arm of the Wipper river, a tributary of the Unstr ...
,
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 larg ...
since 1990


Culture and sightseeing


Museums

* Schifflersgrund Border Museum :This museum stands right on the former “death strip” between
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and
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, although nowadays it is only the boundary between
Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...
and
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 larg ...
. It houses, besides old border installations and a range of old military vehicles and
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s, a visual and detailed history of the
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.


Buildings

* “Well Before the Gate” :This became the subject of a well known German folksong ''Am Brunnen vor dem Tore''. The well with the linden tree – also mentioned in the song – is still preserved, and the gate was rebuilt in 1997. * Graduation tower :This is one of Germany’s last graduation towers, having been thoroughly overhauled in the last ten years, and is a popular recreation spot. * Werratal-Therme (“Werra Valley Bathhouse”) :This is a bathhouse with brine, sauna and outdoor area. The graduation tower can be reached from here without leaving the bathhouse area. * Diebesturm (“Thief’s Tower”) * Historic
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Old Town


Regular events

Bad Sooden-Allendorf is nationally known for the ''Erntedank- und Heimatfest'' (roughly “Thanksgiving and Homeland Festival”), which is celebrated each year through the third weekend in August (Friday to Tuesday). Above all, it is popular for its many traditions, having been celebrated for more than a hundred years with the same programme. The highlights are: * Street festival in the Old Town (Friday), midway on the festival square (Saturday to Tuesday) * Torchlight procession followed by a
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and the festival of lights (“Werra in Flames”) * ''Triolett'' dance, a round dance with two threesomes * ''Spanisch Fricco'' – food * Great festival parade on Sunday * Rich decoration of the town with garlands and harvest crowns made of grain Every year in the week after
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, the traditional ''Märchenwoche'' (“Fairytale Week”) is held in Bad Sooden-Allendorf. Many events such as “fairytale evenings” and theatrical productions bring
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s into the world, framed by daily appearances by fairytale characters in the spa park. At the focus stands
Frau Holle "Frau Holle" ( ; also known as "Mother Holle", "Mother Hulda" or "Old Mother Frost") is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in ''Children's and Household Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 24). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 480. Frau Holle (als ...
, who is said to have lived on the nearby
Hoher Meißner The Hoher Meißner is a mountain massif with a height of 753.6 m and is located in the '' Meißner-Kaufunger Wald'' nature park in Hesse, Germany. Geography The Hoher Meißner is densely forested and covers an area of 10 km by 5 km. ...
and to have daily shaken the featherbeds out in the historic ''Söder Tor'' (“Sooden Gate”)


Cuisine

Spanish fricco Spanish Fricco, also spelled as Spanish frikko, is a stew of Westphalian cuisine in Germany. It is a hearty dish prepared primarily using diced beef, potatoes and onions, typically in a cream soup base prepared using butter and sour cream. Pork and ...
is a traditional stew dish of Bad Sooden-Allendorf.


Economy and infrastructure


Transport

* Bad Sooden-Allendorf is linked to the
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network by ''
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'' 27 (
Witzenhausen Witzenhausen is a small town in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northeastern Hesse, Germany. It was granted town rights in 1225, and until 1974, it was a district seat. The University of Kassel maintains a satellite campus in Witzenhausen at which is ...
Eschwege Eschwege (), the district seat of the Werra-Meißner-Kreis, is a town in northeastern Hesse, Germany. In 1971, the town hosted the eleventh ''Hessentag'' state festival. Geography Location The town lies on a broad plain tract of the river Wer ...
). * The central
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lies on the north-south
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Bebra Bebra () is a small town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Bebra lies some south of Kassel on the Fulda. The town is easy to find on most maps thanks to its prominent location on the ''Fuldaknie'' ...
Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...
line. * There is a town
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system. * The nearest
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is
Kassel Calden Airport Kassel Airport (formerly ''Kassel-Calden Airport'', German ''Flughafen Kassel'') is a minor international airport serving the German city of Kassel in the state of Hesse. It is located west of Calden, northwest of Kassel and is mainly used f ...
. * The Werra is not usable by big ships. Canoe traffic is, however, quite lively. * A
recreational vehicle A recreational vehicle, often abbreviated as RV, is a motor vehicle or trailer that includes living quarters designed for accommodation. Types of RVs include motorhomes, campervans, coaches, caravans (also known as travel trailers and camper ...
park in the Old Town and near the Werra attracts caravans. *There are also
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and
cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...
paths.


Media

* The ''Witzenhäuser Allgemeine'', a local edition of the ''Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine'', appears as a daily
newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
. * Moreover, the MB-Media-Verlag (publisher), which through the Ippen Group likewise belongs to ''Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine'', publishes two weekly newspapers named ''Marktspiegel'' and ''Extra-Tip'', which do not, however, give themselves over to quite as many regional issues as many other tabloids. * Publication of the ''BSA-Kurier'', an advertising paper for the local Kurpark-Hotel, whose fliers in the end were also acquired by ''Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine'', has been suspended. Club reports and cultural announcements were found in this paper. * A ''Stadtblättchen'' is published by Verlag Linus-Wittich for a few subscribing customers. * Furthermore, the local radio station Rundfunk Meißner (RFM), named after the nearby mountain, Hoher Meißner, can be picked up in town.


Education

Bad Sooden-Allendorf offers with the
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''Am Brunnen vor dem Tore'' (classes 1 to 4) and the ''Rhenanusschule'' (classes 5 to 13) a full range of education without changing location or daily travel, something that can no longer be taken for granted in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis. Integrated into the ''Rhenanusschule'' is a sport Gymnasium with adjoining
boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
, which once produced famous sportsmen. With a location of the ''Bernd-Blindow-Schulen'', the town has for some years also been a
university town A college town or university town is a community (often a separate town or city, but in some cases a town/city neighborhood or a district) that is dominated by its university population. The university may be large, or there may be several smal ...
.


Notable people

* Burkard Waldis (around 1490–1556),
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,
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and Shrove Author * Johannes Gottsleben (for 1559/60–1612), Protestant
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in the age of
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* Bernhard Textor (around 1560–1602), reformed theologian *
Ferdinand von Wintzingerode Ferdinand Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Wintzingerode (15 February 1770, in Allendorf – 16 June 1818, in Wiesbaden) was a German nobleman and officer in several different armies of the Napoleonic Wars, finally ending up as a general in the Impe ...
(1770–1818), nobleman and
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in various armies, most recently
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of
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*
Ludwig Rehn Ludwig Wilhelm Carl Rehn (13 April 1849, Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 29 May 1930) was a German surgeon. Rehn was born in 1849, in the village of Allendorf, the youngest of five children. After the visiting the convent school in Bad Hersfeld, he studi ...
(1849–1930),
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*
Gerhard Ritter Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888, in Bad Sooden-Allendorf – 1 July 1967, in Freiburg) was a nationalist-conservative German historian, who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied u ...
(1888–1967),
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*
Wilhelm Müller Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Müller (7 October 1794 – 30 September 1827) was a German lyric poet, best known as the author of ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) and ''Winterreise'' (1828), which Franz Schubert later set to music as song cycles. Life ...
(1794–1827), romantic poet, who wrote here among other things the beginning of "
Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust "Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust" ("To wander is the miller's delight") is the first line of a poem by Wilhelm Müller, written in 1821 with the title "Wanderschaft" as part of a collection, ''Die schöne Müllerin''. While ''wandern'' is defined ...
", which became popular as a song * Eberhardt Eichner, superintendent


Personalities who have worked or lived in Bad Sooden-Allendorf

* Wilhelm Speck (1861–1925), writer, poet, Evangelical pastor, chaplain and teacher *
Sigurd Lohde Sigurd Lohde (1899–1977) was a German film and television actor.Youngkin p.457 Selected filmography * ''The Daredevil'' (1931) * '' The Leap into the Void'' (1932) * '' Mrs. Lehmann's Daughters'' (1932) * '' Tannenberg'' (1932) * ''The Big Bluff ...
(1899–1977), film and television actor


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