Bad Karlshafen

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Bad Karlshafen
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Kassel
District	Kassel
Mayor	Ullrich Otto (Ind.)
Basic statistics
Area	14.85 km² (5.7 sq mi)
Elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Population	4,047 (31/12/2006)
- Density	273 /km² (706 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KS
Postal code	34385
Area code	05672
Website	www.bad-karlshafen.de Coordinates: 51°38′00″N 09°27′00″E / 51.633333, 9.45

Bad Karlshafen is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated at the confluence of Diemel and Weser, 15 km south of Höxter, and 37 km north of Kassel.

The city hall of Bad Karlshafen in Hessen, Germany

[edit] History

The town was founded in 1699 by French Huguenots fleeing persecution in France. The German Huguenot Museum located here contains a picture archive, library, and family histories of the Huguenots in Germany.

[edit] Leisure and health

Bad Karlshafen offers a modern health centre and in 1986 a graduation tower was established.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Kassel district

Ahnatal \| Bad Emstal \| Bad Karlshafen \| Baunatal \| Breuna \| Calden \| Espenau \| Fuldabrück \| Fuldatal \| Grebenstein \| Habichtswald \| Helsa \| Hofgeismar \| Immenhausen \| Kaufungen \| Liebenau \| Lohfelden \| Naumburg \| Nieste \| Niestetal \| Oberweser \| Reinhardshagen \| Schauenburg \| Söhrewald \| Trendelburg \| Vellmar \| Wahlsburg \| Wolfhagen \| Zierenberg