Bad Ems
Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bad Ems (German: [baːt ɛms] ⓘ) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems was the seat of Bad Ems collective municipality, which has been merged into the Bad Ems-Nassau collective municipality. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants.
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Bad Ems | |
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Coordinates: 50°20′17″N 7°42′38″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Rhein-Lahn-Kreis |
Municipal assoc. | Bad Ems-Nassau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Oliver Krügel[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 15.36 km2 (5.93 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,936 |
• Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56130 |
Dialling codes | 02603 |
Vehicle registration | EMS, DIZ, GOH |
Website | www.vgben.de |
Part of | The Great Spa Towns of Europe |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii)(iii) |
Reference | 1613 |
Inscription | 2021 (44th Session) |
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In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe", because of its famous hot springs and 18-20th century architecture bearing testimony to the popularity of spa resorts in Europe during that time.[3][4]