Bad Zwesten
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| Bad Zwesten | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Local subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
| Mayor | Michael Köhler (FDP) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 39.45 km² (15.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 210 m (689 ft) |
| Population | 4,175 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 106 /km² (274 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | HR |
| Postal code | 34596 |
| Area code | 05626 |
| Website | www.badzwesten.de |
Bad Zwesten is a community in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Bad Zwesten lies about 8 km southeast of Bad Wildungen on the river Schwalm, which belongs to the Eder watershed. North of the community begins the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park.
[edit] Constituent communities
- Betzigerode
- Niederurff
- Oberurff-Schiffelborn
- Wenzigerode
- Zwesten (administrative seat)
[edit] History
Zwesten had its first documentary mention about the year 800. In 1913 came the discovery of a mineral spring, which in 1960 was officially declared a recognized Heilquelle (≈health spring).
Within the framework of municipal reform in Hesse, the formerly independent communities of Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff-Schiffelborn, Wenzigerode and Zwesten were amalgamated into the new, united community of Zwesten in 1972. In 1992, the community was granted official recognition as a spa, allowing it to prefix the designation Bad – German for "bath" – to its name.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Municipal council
Municipal representation consists of 23 members.
- CDU 6 seats
- SPD 10 seats
- Greens 3 seats
- FWG (citizens' coalition) 2 seats
- Bürgerliste (citizens' coalition) 2 seats
(as of municipal elections on 26 March 2006)
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Economy
The spa of Bad Zwesten bases its burgeoning prosperity on its Löwensprudel ("Lion's Fizzy Water"). In this spa town, two clinics are to be found, Hardtwald Clinics I and II with about 650 beds.
[edit] Transport
Bad Zwesten lies at the crossroads of Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 3 and B 485. About 5 km from the community is the Borken/Bad Zwesten interchange with Autobahn A 49 (Kassel – Fritzlar – Marburg).
The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network (Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund) which, among other things, runs a hailed shared taxi to Borken railway station on the Main-Weser Railway.
[edit] Literature
- Martin Opfer: Zwesten : Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff, Schiffelborn und Wenzigerode ; Bilder und Texte erzählen, wie es damals war, Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1989, ISBN 3-925277-31-5
[edit] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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