Bad Soden am Taunus

Bad Soden is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany. Population 21,412 .InformationBad Soden is a residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main. It is known for its various springs, which contain carbonic acid gas and various iron oxides. The waters are used both internally and externally, and are widely exported. Soden lozenges (Sodener Pastillen), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a large and well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a small hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Bad Soden has two Districts: Altenhein am Taunus and Neuenhein am TaunusMayorsMayors from 1893: 1893–1912: Georg Busz 1912–1920: Friedrich Höh 1920–1923: Niederschulte 1925–1937: Alfred Benninghoven 1937–1939: Jakob Rittgen 1939–1945: Karl Bohle 1945–1948: Kuno Mayer 1948–1957: Gilbert Just 1957–1967: August Karl Wallis 1967–1973: Helmuth Schwinge 1973–1977: Hans-Helmut Kämmerer 1977–1985: Volker Hodann 1985–1986: Hans Jörg Röhrich 1986–1992: Berthold R. Gall 1992–2004: Kurt E. Bender since March 2004: Norbert AltenkampNotable people Christian Seybold (1695-1768), artist of the era of Baroque; was baptized in Neuenhain (Taunus), lived until 1715 in Soden Georg Thilenius (1868-1937), ethnologist and anthropologist Peter Lang (1878-1954), member of the parliament of the People's State of Hesse in the Weimar RepublicOtto Frank, (1889-1980), father of Anne Frank, worked in Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family. Elvira Bach (born 1951), German artist and painter, she was born in Neuenhain (Taunus) and lives in Berlin since 1970, (born 1992), German table tennis player, was born in Bad Soden. Michael Jung (born 1982), German equestrian