Bad Wiessee

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Bad Wiessee
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Miesbach
Mayor	Herbert Fischhaber
Basic statistics
Area	32.79 km² (12.7 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2428 ft)
Population	4,560 (31/12/2006)
- Density	139 /km² (360 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MB
Postal code	83707
Area code	08022
Website	www.bad-wiessee.de Coordinates: 47°43′00″N 11°43′00″E / 47.716667, 11.716667

Maria Himmelfahrt Church in Bad Wiessee.

Bad Wiessee is a spa town on Lake Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany.The name Bad stands for "spa" or "baths", while Wiessee derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake".

Bad Wiessee is known for its healing sulfur-fountain. Because of its quiet and its situation at the north side of the Alps many people spend their holidays there.

Bad Wiessee is also notorious as the scene of the key events within the Night of the Long Knives, June 30, 1934, when Hitler and the SS purged the leadership of the SA, many of whom were staying at the resort.

[edit] External links

The town of Bad-Wiessee - official web site.

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Miesbach

Bad Wiessee \| Bayrischzell \| Fischbachau \| Gmund am Tegernsee \| Hausham \| Holzkirchen \| Irschenberg \| Kreuth \| Miesbach \| Otterfing \| Rottach-Egern \| Schliersee \| Tegernsee \| Valley \| Waakirchen \| Warngau \| Weyarn