Bad Dürkheim: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 48 - 98 Parkhotel Leininger Hof
 This hotel offers free Wi-Fi, a free spa with pool and free use of local public transport. It is located beside Bad Dürkheim´s spa gardens and … MoreEUR 48 - 87 Pfälzer Landhotel
 Situated on the famous German Wine Route in the quiet village of Ungstein, this friendly 3-star hotel offers cosy rooms, tasty regional cuisine and a … MoreEUR 48 - 198 Waldhaus Wolfental
 This guest house is located in the Palatinate Forest, 10 km from Bad Dürkheim. Waldhaus Wolfental offers regional German cuisine, local wines and mod… MoreEUR 47 - 135 Mercure Hotel Bad Duerkheim An Den Salinen
 This Mercure hotel in Bad Duerkheim offers 2 international restaurants, free parking and free access to the neighbouring Salinarium Spa. The historic … MoreEUR 58 - 132 Kurpark Hotel
 This 4-star hotel offers well-equipped rooms and a spa with indoor pool. It overlooks the peaceful spa gardens in the centre of Bad Dürkheim, just 30… MoreEUR 83 - 170 Hotel Annaberg
 Surrounded by scenic vineyards and woodlands, this 4-star hotel is situated on the Annaberg hill between Bad Dürkheim and Leistadt. It enjoys wonderf… MoreEUR 50 - 84 Hotel Garni An den Salinen
 Due to its central and convenient but also quiet location, only a few metres away from the salines, the ”Duerkheimer Riesenfass” and the s… MoreEUR 72 - 195 Gartenhotel Heusser
 This 4-star hotel in Bad Dürkheim has a Japanese tea room and oriental gardens. It offers free Wi-Fi internet, free use of the spa with swimming pool… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bad Dürkheim: Guide
Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the Bad Dürkheim (district)|district Bad Dürkheim. It is located on the eastern edge of the Pfälzer Wald, to the west of Ludwigshafen(LU).
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Economics and Infrastructure
The main industry in Bad Dürkheim is viticulture. Tourism and health also play a large role in the town's economy, and Bad Dürkheim is one of the few places in Germany in which a graduation tower is still in use. There is also some paper and wood industry in the surrounding area, as well as various technology enterprises.
Traffic
Bad Dürkheim is connected with Ludwigshafen via an overland tramway runby Rhein-Haardt-Bahn. There is also a motorway connection (A650) to Ludwigshafen.
Twin towns
Bad Dürkheim is twinned with the following towns:
Paray-le-Monial (France),
Wells (England)|Wells (United Kingdom),
Kluczbork (Poland)
Kempten (Allgäu)|Kempten (Germany).
Bad Dürkheim also has a town cooperation with Bad Berka (Germany), and maintains town friendships with Michelstadt (Germany) und Emmaus (USA)|Emmaus (USA).
Famous residents
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, 1861, discoverer of the elements rubidium and caesium (discovered whilst investigating the salt springs of Bad Dürkheim, including the "Maxquelle" spring)
Kurt Dehn ( 1920, † 2000), Palatine dialect poet, composer and singer
Otto Dill|Prof. Otto Dill ( 1884, † 1957), painter, honorary citizen of Bad Dürkheim
Philipp Fauth ( 1867, † 1941), astronomer
Torsten Lieberknecht ( 1973), football player
Waltraud Meißner ( 1940), Palatine dialect poet
Helmut Metzger ( 1917, † 1995), Palatine dialect poet
Valentin Ostertag, founder of Germany's oldest social foundation
Ralf Stegner ( 1959), minister in Schleswig-Holstein
Events
Wurstmarkt, a large Volksfest in September.
Other
Until 1981 there was an Aerial Tramway Bad Duerkheim|aerial tramway at Bad Dürkheim.
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