Bad Dürkheim

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Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district Bad Dürkheim. It is located on the eastern edge of the Pfälzer Wald, approx. 20 km west of Ludwigshafen.

1 Economics and Infrastructure
- 1.1 Traffic
- 1.2 Twin towns
2 Famous residents
3 Events
4 Other

[edit] 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.

[edit] Traffic

Bad Dürkheim is connected with Ludwigshafen via an overland tramway runby Rhein-Haardt-Bahn. There is also a motorway connection (A650) to Ludwigshafen.

[edit] Twin towns

Bad Dürkheim is twinned with the following towns:

Bad Dürkheim also has a town cooperation with Bad Berka (Germany), and maintains town friendships with Michelstadt (Germany) und Emmaus (USA).

[edit] 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
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

[edit] Events

Wurstmarkt, a large Volksfest in September.

[edit] Other

Until 1981 there was an aerial tramway at Bad Dürkheim.

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Important cities and touristic sites in Germany:
Area of Heidelberg / Rhine-Neckar

Major cities:	Heidelberg \| Kaiserslautern \| Ludwigshafen \| Mannheim \| Neustadt \| Speyer \| Worms
Other touristic sites:	Bad Dürkheim \| Bad Rappenau \| Buchen \| Eberbach \| Edenkoben \| Ladenburg \| Lorsch \| Mosbach \| Neckargemünd \| Sinsheim \| Weinheim \| Walldürn
Landscapes:	Kurpfalz \| Neckar river \| Odenwald \| Pfalz (Palatinate) \| Rhine river
Neighboring areas:	Frankfurt \| Heidelberg \| Karlsruhe \| Stuttgart \| Trier \| Würzburg, see also: Alsace (F) \| Lorraine (F) \| Wissembourg (F)