- Bad Zwesten
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Bad Zwesten.png
lat_deg = 51 |lat_min = 02 |lat_sec = 59
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 10 |lon_sec = 59
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Kassel
Landkreis = Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Höhe = 210
Fläche = 39.45
Einwohner = 4175
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 34596
Vorwahl = 05626
Kfz = HR
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 34 027
Gliederung = 5Ortsteil e
Straße = Ringstraße 1
Website = [http://www.badzwesten.de/ www.badzwesten.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Köhler
Partei = FDPBad Zwesten is a community in the
Schwalm-Eder district ofHesse ,Germany .Geography
Location
Bad Zwesten lies about 8 km southeast of
Bad Wildungen on the riverSchwalm , which belongs to theEder watershed. North of the community begins theKellerwald -Edersee Nature Park.Constituent communities
* Betzigerode
* Niederurff
* Oberurff-Schiffelborn
* Wenzigerode
* Zwesten (administrative seat)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.
Politics
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 on26 March 2006 )Economy and infrastructure
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.
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.
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
References
External links
* [http://www.bad-zwesten.de Bad Zwesten]
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