Bad Zwesten
Bad Zwesten | |
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 Bad Zwesten, at right the Hardtwald Clinic | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Zwesten within Schwalm-Eder-Kreis district  | |
  Bad Zwesten  Bad Zwesten | |
| Coordinates: 51°03′N 09°11′E / 51.050°N 9.183°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Kassel |
| District | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–29) | Achim Siebert[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.45 km2 (15.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,832 |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 34596 |
| Dialling codes | 05626 |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
| Website | www.badzwesten.de |
Bad Zwesten is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]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.
Constituent communities
[edit]- Betzigerode
- Niederurff
- Oberurff-Schiffelborn
- Wenzigerode
- Zwesten (administrative seat)
History
[edit]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.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit] | This section needs to be updated. (July 2021) |
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)
Economy
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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.
Transport
[edit]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.
Literature
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
- ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
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