Get to know Baden-Baden E-Book

Manfred Söhner

• Herausgeber: Aquensis Verlag Pressebüro Baden-Baden GmbH
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 83

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

Welcome to Baden-Baden! Take your time visiting Baden-Baden. Our city offers something for everyone. Visit the unique thermal spas, the Kurhaus (conference centre), the Trinkhalle (pump room), the colonnades or the world famous Museum Frieder Burda. Or enjoy nature and stroll along the avenue Lichtentaler Allee, one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. Baden-Baden though, has a lot more to offer: Visit the roman bath ruins. Or mount Florentine, the market square and the lovely Collegiate church. And how about a detour to the old castle, or a leisurely but exciting funicular railway ride to the summit of the Baden-Baden's landmark mountain, the 700 meter Merkur? This town guide is a good reference for simply getting to know Baden-Baden better. Hopefully you will experience sunny and happy days during your stay in our city. Discover Baden-Baden and have fun!

Leseprobe

Get to know

BADEN BADEN

A travel and town guide

ISBN 978-3-937978-52-9

Imprint

Copyright by Aquensis Verlag Baden-Baden 2009

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Text: Gereon Wiesehöfer, Manfred Söhner

Cover picture: W. Breyer, W. Peter, Pressebüro Baden-Baden GmbH, PR

Fotos: Wolfgang Breyer, Robby Erhard, Heiko Held, Eric Tran-Quang, H.D. Volz, B. Weigel, G. Wiesehöfer, Stadt Baden-Baden, Stadtmuseum Baden-Baden, PR, Pressebüro Baden-Baden GmbH, Plangrafik: Gerold Oberst

Sources: Haebler, Geschichte der Stadt und des Kurortes Baden-Baden, Bde 1 u. 2 (Schmidt 1969); Fischer: Von Caracalla bis Charles de Gaulle (Battert); Bischoff: Baden-Baden (Du Mont, 1996), Kunst und Kultur in Baden-Baden (Aquensis 2007)

Design: Schauplatz Verlag & Werbeagentur, Baden-Baden, seeQgrafix, Karin Lange

ISBN 9783954570591, Aquensis Verlag Baden-Baden

Contents

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Contents

Welcome to Baden-Baden!

First impressions

A brief survey of the centuries

Baden-Baden Tours

Expedition with bus line 208

Through the Old Town and the Baths District

1. Leopoldsplatz and Sophienstraße

2. Museum of Fabergé Art Baden-Baden

3. Spitalkirche (Spital Church)

4. Ehemaliges Frauenkloster vom Heiligen Grab (former Convent of the Holy Sepulchre)

5. Caracalla Spa

6. Friedrichsbad

7. Altes Dampfbad (Old Steam Bath)

8. Roman Baths Ruins

9. Rathaus (Town Hall)

10. Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church)

11. Neues Schloss (New Castle)

Though the Spa Quarter

12. Kurhaus (events and conference centre)

13. Stourdza-Kapelle (Stourdza Chapel)

14. Casino

15. Trinkhalle (Pump Room)

16. Festspielhaus (Festival Hall)

Along the avenue "Lichtentaler Allee"

17. Baden-Baden Theatre

18. Kulturhaus LA 8 (House of Culture LA 8)

19. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

20. Museum Frieder Burda

21. Stadtmuseum

22. Russische Kirche (Russian Church)

23. The avenue "Lichtentaler Allee"

24. The square "Augustaplatz"

Excursions in and around Baden-Baden

25. Brahmshaus

26. Kloster Lichtenthal (Convent Lichthental)

27. Geroldsauer Wasserfälle (Geroldsau Waterfalls)

28. Rosenneuheitengarten Beutig (novelty rose garden)

29. Altes Schloss (Old Castle) and Battert

30. Merkur and Merkur-Bergbahn

31. Ruine Ebersteinburg (Castle Ruins Eberstein)

32. Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund

33. Rebland (wine growing area) and Yburg

34. Galopprennbahn Iffezheim (Iffezheim Turf)

Baden-Baden at a glance

Welcome to Baden-Baden!

Take your time visiting Baden-Baden. Our city offers something for everyone. Visit the unique thermal spas, the Kurhaus (conference centre), the Trinkhalle (pump room), the colonnades or the world famous Museum Frieder Burda. Or enjoy nature and stroll along the avenue Lichtentaler Allee, one of the most beautiful gardens in the world.

Baden-Baden though, has a lot more to offer: Visit the roman bath ruins. Or mount Florentine, the market square and the lovely Collegiate church. And how about a detour to the old castle, or a leisurely but exciting funicular railway ride to the summit of the Baden-Baden’s landmark mountain, the 700 meter Merkur? This town guide is a good reference for simply getting to know Baden-Baden better.

Hopefully you will experience sunny and happy days during your stay in our city. Discover Baden-Baden and have fun!

Yours truly,

Wolfgang Gerstner

Mayor of Baden-Baden

First impressions

Baden-Baden – with its just over 50,000 inhabitants in no way a large conurbation – is sometimes called "the smallest metropolis".

There are for one, certain highlights that have made Baden-Baden well-known all over the world: the spas with their healing thermal water, the unrivalled casino, the stylish "Kurhaus" (Assembly Rooms) with its many events, the International Horse Races, the avenue "Lichtentaler Allee", the Festspielhaus (festival hall) or the Museum Frieder Burda next to the Staatliche Kunsthalle (State Art Gallery).

That will do to accord the city a special position. But the “legend Baden-Baden” has far more to offer.

Whoever comes to Baden-Baden will feel the exceptional charm and charisma of the city as soon as they drive towards town from the motorway, the train station or Söllingen airport. And, after these first impressions, you will experience a close familiarity with the “quaint and artsy Baden-Baden” and its inhabitants.

Baden-Baden is blessed by its source of natural spring water which supplies the hot and healing water for the thermal baths. The city is attractively situated between the wide valley of the Rhine and the gentle sloping mountains of the Black Forest. Spring arrives here a little earlier than elsewhere. Autumn defies winter a little longer. The climate almost approaches Mediterranean conditions. This and the closeness to nearby France are some of the reasons why the people of Baden-Baden are more tuned in to the "art de vivre" than elsewhere.

Baden-Baden owns the largest municipal forest in Germany, with 5000 kilometres of hiking trails, the vineyards in the city and the surrounding Baden-Badener Rebland (wine growing region around Baden-Baden) are well known for its superior quality wines, spacious alleys, the well maintained parks, Baden-Baden’s landmark mountain Merkur, the Battert Felsen (Battert Rock), the Alte und Neue Schloß (Old and the New Castle), the unhurried gurgling of the river Oos, the big and small hotels, the many stylish villas, the numerous historic buildings, the traditional hospitality of the Baden region, the many offers for health and beauty, and the large arts-, politics-, sports-, media- and community-events – all this defines the city.

You will notice it yourself: This town does you good.