- Bad König
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Bad Koenig.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 45
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 01
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Odenwaldkreis
Höhe = 100-400
Fläche = 46.73
Einwohner = 9492
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64732
Vorwahl = 06063
Kfz = ERB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 37 001
Straße = Schloßplatz 3
Website = [http://www.badkoenig.de www.badkoenig.de]
Bürgermeister = Uwe Veith
Partei =Bad König is a town and resort ("Kurort") in the central
Odenwald in theOdenwaldkreis (district) inHesse ,Germany , 29 km southeast ofDarmstadt .Geography
Neighbouring communities
Bad König borders in the north on the communities of Höchst and
Lützelbach , in the east and south on the town ofMichelstadt and in the west on the communities ofBrombachtal andBrensbach .Constituent communities
Besides the main town, also called Bad König, the town has the outlying "
Ortsteil e" of Zell, Momart, Etzen-Gesäß, Fürstengrund, Kimbach, Nieder-Kinzig and Ober-Kinzig mit Gumpersberg.History
Bad König is one of the oldest settlements in the Mümling valley. There were Germanic settlers quite early on. In Roman times, the name for this place was apparently "Quintiacum", and "Quinticha" was the name under which Bad König had its first documentary mention between 820 and 822. In the
Middle Ages it was originally an Imperial holding, then belonging to the Fulda Monastery. Bad König was already fortified in theEarly Middle Ages , and was the hub of a tithing area with a tithing office. In 1477, "Künnig als Chur Maintzisch Lehn" (or in standard modern German "König als Kurmainzisches Lehen" – “König as an Electorate of Mainzfief ”) was given to the "Schenk" Konrad von Erbach. Under the terms of the Erbach land partition in 1747, the "Amt " of König passed into the ownership of the Counts of Erbach-Schönberg. In 1948, König was granted the right to call itself "staatlich anerkanntes Bad", or “state-recognized resort”, and in 1980 this resort in the Odenwald was granted town rights.Jewish community
In (Bad) König there was a
Jew ish community until 1939. Its establishment went back to the 18th century. The town’s Jewish population peaked at 100 about 1880. It was an Orthodox community. The Jewish families in town ownedlivestock andhorse businesses,cereal andflour businesses,manufacturing businesses and colonial goods businesses as well as those that madeglass andporcelain . The firm J. Mannheimer had a great shop for farming machinery. For Jewish resort guests there was akosher guesthouse. Thesynagogue built in 1795-1797 was heavily damaged onKristallnacht (9 November 1938), and in 1939 it was torn down. In 1933 there were still 72 Jews living in town. Because of the scenes of utter brutality in connection with Kristallnacht, most of them left town, especially as from 1939 they were no longer allowed to buy food. At least ten Jews from Bad König were deported to the camps andmurder ed. [ [http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/bad_koenig_synagoge.htm Informationen zur jüdischen Geschichte] ]Politics
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:There are local deputies in the outlying centres of Etzen-Gesäß, Fürstengrund, Kimbach, Nieder-Kinzig, Ober-Kinzig and Zell.
Town partnerships
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Argentat ,Limousin ,France since 1982.Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The town is linked to the long-distance road network by "
Bundesstraße " 45 (Hanau –Eberbach). The "Odenwaldbahn" (railway ; RMV Line 65) links Bad König, as well as the outlying centre of Zell, with theNeckar valley and also Frankfurt andDarmstadt .References
External links
* [http://www.badkoenig.net/ Town’s website] de icon
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