Bad Dürkheim
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| Bad Dürkheim | |
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| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Stadtbürgermeister | Wolfgang Lutz (CDU) |
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| Area | 102.00 km² (39.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
| Population | 18,830 (30/06/2005) |
| - Density | 185 /km² (478 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | DÜW |
| Postal code | 67098 |
| Area code | 06322 |
| Website | www.bad-duerkheim.de |
| Location of the town of Bad Dürkheim within Bad Dürkheim district | |
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Bad Dürkheim is a town on the German Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the eponymous district. It is located on the eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, to the west of Ludwigshafen.
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[edit] History
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[edit] Main sights
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- Limburg Abbey, built around 1030
- Kriemhildenstuhl, roman quarry
- Heidenmauer, celtic fortification
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
The main industry in Bad Dürkheim is viticulture. Tourism and health also play a large role in the towns economy, and Bad Dürkheim is one of the few places in Germany in which a graduation tower was in use until it burnt down by Arson in April 2007 from a bored youth. According to politicians it is going to be rebuilt. There is also some paper and wood industry in the surrounding area, as well as various technology enterprises.
[edit] Traffic
Bad Dürkheim is connected with Ludwigshafen via an overland tramway run by the Rhein-Haardt-Bahn. There is also a motorway connection (A650) to Ludwigshafen.
[edit] Twin towns
Bad Dürkheim is twinned with the following towns:
Paray-le-Monial, France
Wells, United Kingdom
Kluczbork, Poland- Kempten, Germany
Bad Dürkheim also has a town cooperation with Bad Berka (Germany), and maintains town friendships with Michelstadt (Germany) und Emmaus (USA).
[edit] Famous residents
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, 1861, discoverer of the elements rubidium and caesium (discovered whilst investigating the salt springs of Bad Dürkheim, including the "Maxquelle" spring)
- Kurt Dehn (* 1920, † 2000), Palatine dialect poet, composer and singer
- Prof. Otto Dill (* 1884, † 1957), painter, honorary citizen of Bad Dürkheim
- Philipp Fauth (* 1867, † 1941), astronomer
- Torsten Lieberknecht (* 1973), football player
- Waltraud Meißner (* 1940), Palatine dialect poet
- Helmut Metzger (* 1917, † 1995), Palatine dialect poet
- Valentin Ostertag, founder of Germany's oldest social foundation
- Ralf Stegner (* 1959), minister in Schleswig-Holstein
- Peter Frankenberg Geographer and Minister in Baden-Württemberg.
[edit] Events
The Wurstmarkt held annually each September for ten days over two weeks is the biggest winefest in the world.[1] The first Wurstmarkt was held - hovewer not yet under this name - in 1417.
[edit] Other
- Until 1981 there was an aerial tramway at Bad Dürkheim.
- On the night of April 6, 2007 the 250-year-old Saltern, or "Saline" (graduation tower) of Bad Dürkheim was completely destroyed by a fire. It was considered the most famous building and tourist attraction in Bad Dürkheim. The Saline had been completely restored once before after Arson in 1992.
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Important cities and tourist sites in Germany: Area of Heidelberg / Rhine-Neckar |
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