Bad Kissingen
town in Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Bad Kissingen is a Greater district town[1]. It draws 5,151 Wikipedia views per month (greater district town category, ranking #11 of 73).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Bayerischer Städtetag[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bad Kissingen district[4]
- Country: Germany[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Franconian Saale[6]
- Head of government: Kay Blankenburg[7]
- Instance of: district capital[8], urban municipality in Germany[9], location with peat baths[10], World Heritage Site[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Vernon[12], Eisenstadt[13], Massa[14], Siófok[15]
- Postal code: 97688[16]
- Part of: Stimmkreis Bad Kissingen[17], The Great Spa Towns of Europe[18]
- Commons category: Bad Kissingen[19]
- Licence plate code: KG[20]
- Local dialing code: 0971[21]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Bad Kissingen[22]
- Coordinate location: 50.2, 10.066666666666666[23]
- Official website: https://www.badkissingen.de/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bad Kissingen[25]
- Described at URL: https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10971029[26]
- Population: 20,455[27], 21,323[28], 21,696[29], 20,802[30], 21,505[31], 14,641[32], 9517[33], 3125[34], 21,113[35], 21,102[36], 21,225[37], 21,879[38], 22,245[39], 22,279[40]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[42], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[43], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[44], Topographia Franconiae[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46], Meyer’s Universum, Siebenter Band[47], Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band[48]
- Capital of: Bad Kissingen district[49]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[50]
- Official name: Bad Kissingen[51]
- List of monuments: Liste der Baudenkmäler in Bad Kissingen[52]
- Category for people born here: Q17375079[53]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Bad Kissingen[54]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Bad Kissingen include Battle of Kissingen[55], a battle[56], in Kingdom of Bavaria[57] and it airfield[58], a German special airfield[59], in Germany[60].
Why It Matters
Bad Kissingen has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Battle of Kissingen[55], a battle[56], in Kingdom of Bavaria[57] and it airfield[58], a German special airfield[59], in Germany[60].