Bad Ems

seat of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis and town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Place district_capital Q490670
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Bad Ems

Summary

Bad Ems is a district capital[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad Ems was a member of association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate[3].
  • Bad Ems is located in Verbandsgemeinde Bad Ems[4].
  • Bad Ems is located in Rhein-Lahn-Kreis[5].
  • Bad Ems is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Bad Ems is on the body of water Lahn[7].
  • Bad Ems's head of government is recorded as Q133146224[8].
  • Bad Ems's instance of is recorded as district capital[9].
  • Bad Ems's instance of is recorded as designated spa town[10].
  • Bad Ems's instance of is recorded as town[11].
  • Bad Ems's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[12].
  • Emsbach (Westerwald) is named after Bad Ems[13].
  • Bad Ems's twinned administrative body is recorded as Blankenfelde-Mahlow[14].
  • Bad Ems's twinned administrative body is recorded as Droitwich Spa[15].
  • Bad Ems's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire[16].
  • Bad Ems's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lubin[17].
  • Bad Ems's coat of arms is recorded as coat of arms Bad Ems[18].
  • Bad Ems's postal code is recorded as 56130[19].
  • Bad Ems is part of The Great Spa Towns of Europe[20].
  • Bad Ems's Commons category is recorded as Bad Ems[21].
  • Bad Ems's licence plate code is recorded as EMS[22].
  • Bad Ems's licence plate code is recorded as DIZ[23].
  • Bad Ems's licence plate code is recorded as GOH[24].
  • Bad Ems's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[25].
  • Bad Ems's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[26].
  • Bad Ems's local dialing code is recorded as 02603[27].

Body

Geography

Bad Ems is in the country of Germany[6]. Located in include Verbandsgemeinde Bad Ems[4], a Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate[28], in Germany[29] and Rhein-Lahn-Kreis[5], a district of Rhineland-Palatinate[30], in Germany[31]. It is on the body of water Lahn[7]. It is part of The Great Spa Towns of Europe[20].

Physical Characteristics

Bad Ems sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+80'}[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+9229'}[33], {'amount': '+9568'}[34], {'amount': '+10487'}[35], {'amount': '+9681'}[36], {'amount': '+9761'}[37], and {'amount': '+9936'}[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district capital[9], designated spa town[10], town[11], and urban municipality in Germany[12]. Bad Ems's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[39].

History and Context

Emsbach (Westerwald) is named after Bad Ems[13].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bad Ems include Emsian[40], a stage[41] and Ems Ukaz[42], an ukase[43], in Russian Empire[44].

Why It Matters

Bad Ems has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for it include Emsian[40], a stage[41] and Ems Ukaz[42], an ukase[43], in Russian Empire[44].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . vgben.de. Retrieved . vgben.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . Q87327508. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . Q87327508. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . gstb-rlp.de. Retrieved . gstb-rlp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . statistik.rlp.de. statistik.rlp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . statistik.rlp.de. statistik.rlp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [38] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [39] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+9229'}, {'amount': '+9568'}, {'amount': '+10487'} +5
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  3. 22d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coat of arms coat of arms Bad Ems
    Located in or next to body of water Lahn
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4935183
    Located in
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