Bad Salzungen ( German: [baːt ˈzalt͡sʊŋən] ) is a town in Thuringia , Germany . It is the capital of the Wartburgkreis district.
4-473: Bad Salzungen is situated on the river Werra , 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of Tiefenort and 20 kilometres (12.4 mi) south of Eisenach . In July 2018 the former municipalities of Ettenhausen an der Suhl , Frauensee and Tiefenort were merged into Bad Salzungen. In December 2020 the former municipality Moorgrund was absorbed. In total the municipality consists of the central town ( Kernstadt ) and 21 sections ( Ortsteile ). Bad Salzungen borders on
8-767: The Werra joins the river Fulda in the town of Hann. Münden , forming the Weser. If the Werra is included as part of the Weser, the Weser is the longest river entirely within German territory at 744 kilometres (462 mi). Its valley, the Werratal , has many tributaries and is a relative lull between the Rhön Mountains and the Thuringian Forest . Its attractions include Eiben Forest near Dermbach , an unusual sandstone cave at Walldorf ,
12-578: The following municipalities, from the south and clockwise: Dermbach , Weilar , Leimbach , Krayenberggemeinde , Vacha , Werra-Suhl-Tal , Gerstungen , Ruhla , Bad Liebenstein , Barchfeld-Immelborn (all in Wartburgkreis), and Breitungen in Schmalkalden-Meiningen district. Bad Salzungen is twinned with: Near the town, there is a Bundeswehr barrack, the Werratal-Kaserne , which
16-578: Was built in 1972 for the GDR Army . Bad Salzungen station is located on the Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway . Werra The Werra ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁa] ), a river in central Germany , is the right-bank headwater of the Weser . "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of German. The Werra has its source near Eisfeld in southern Thuringia . After 293 kilometres (182 mi)
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