Bad Kösen

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Stadtteil of Naumburg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Bad Kösen

51°8′7″N 11°43′14″E / 51.13528°N 11.72056°E / 51.13528; 11.72056CountryGermanyStateSaxony-AnhaltDistrictBurgenlandkreis TownNaumburgArea

• Total35.72 km² (13.79 sq mi)Elevation

115 m (377 ft)Population

(2006-12-31)

• Total5,360 • Density150/km² (390/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

06628

Dialling codes034463Vehicle registrationBLKWebsiteOfficial website

Bad Kösen (German: [baːt ˈkøːzn̩] ^ⓘ) is a spa town^[1] on the Saale river in the small wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut, Germany. It is a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt. Bad Kösen has a population of around 5,300. Since 1 January 2010, it has been a Stadtteil (part) of the town of Naumburg.

Overview

The name of the town was Kösen until 1935.
Bad Kösen, and the nearby Rudelsburg castle with its memorials to the German Student Corps, is the location of the annual convention of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband. In sight of the Rudelsburg is the ruin of the nearby Saaleck Castle.

Bad Kösen was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") Bad Kösen.

Pforta is an Ortsteil of Bad Kösen.

Gallery

Rudelsburg, c.1890
Map from 1914
Bismarck Memorial
Gate house of Pforta
Old water mill
Train station

References

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kösen" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 915.

External links

Media related to Bad Kösen at Wikimedia Commons
Works related to Kösen at Wikisource (1911 Encyclopædia Britannica)
Schumann, August (1818). "Kösen". Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen (in German). Vol. 5. Zwickau. p. 20.
Official website of Bad Kösen