Bad Vilbel

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Bad Vilbel
Town
Old town hall
Old town hall
Coat of arms of Bad Vilbel
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Vilbel within Wetteraukreis district
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Bad Vilbel is located in Germany
Bad Vilbel
Bad Vilbel
Bad Vilbel is located in Hesse
Bad Vilbel
Bad Vilbel
Coordinates: 50°10′41″N 8°44′10″E / 50.17806°N 8.73611°E / 50.17806; 8.73611
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictWetteraukreis
Subdivisions5 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2022–28) Sebastian Wysocki[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
25.65 km2 (9.90 sq mi)
Highest elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Lowest elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
35,758
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
61101–61118
Dialling codes06101
Vehicle registrationFB
Websitewww.bad-vilbel.de

Bad Vilbel (German: [baːt ˈfɪlbl̩] ⓘ) is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area with its city center being located 8 km northeast of downtown Frankfurt am Main at the banks of the river Nidda.

History

Bad Vilbel was founded in 774 (first written document) but much older artefacts were found in the area. In 1848 during railway works, a Roman villa was unearthed with a Thermae and a Mosaic. A replica of this mosaic is presented in a modern exhibition in the spa gardens.

20th Century

Historical population
YearPop.±%
199828,509—    
200029,716+4.2%
200230,290+1.9%
200430,905+2.0%
200631,348+1.4%
200831,456+0.3%
201031,822+1.2%
201432,584+2.4%
201633,458+2.7%
201733,745+0.9%
As of 31 December of each year
Source: HSL

The town Vilbel got the label "Bad" (spa) in 1948 for its numerous mineral springs. The health spa operations stopped in the 1960s but the mineral water industry connected more springs of the Wetterau by pipelines to the bottling plant of Hassia in Bad Vilbel. The hessian government reform formed 1971/72 Bad Vilbel (with Heilsberg), Dortelweil, Gronau and Massenheim to the new city Bad Vilbel. Since 1997 great areas have been developed for living and business, like the residential area of Dortelweil-West or the commercial park Quellenpark between Bad Vilbel, Massenheim and Dortelweil.

  • fountain near the old town-hall
    fountain near the old town-hall
  • old town-hall
    old town-hall
  • Cultural center, old mill
    Cultural center, old mill
  • Friedrich-Karl-Sprudel
    Friedrich-Karl-Sprudel
  • Hassia mineral spring
    Hassia mineral spring
  • exhibition of Roman mosaic
    exhibition of Roman mosaic
  • shopping & business center in Dortelweil
    shopping & business center in Dortelweil

Mayor

The Current Mayor is Sebastian Wysocki (born 1985) of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU). He was elected in March 2022.

Past Mayors
Name Party Time
Thomas Stöhr CDU 2004-2022
Günther Biwer CDU 1980-2004
Erich Glück SPD 1968-1980
Georgh Muth SPD 1955-1968
Kurt Moosdorf SPD 1946-1955
Karl Bruder jun. SPD 1945-1946
Joseph Seitz NSDAP 1933-1945
Kurt Moosdorf SPD 1928-1933
Bernhard Rechthien SPD 1919-1928

Transport

Bad Vilbel has four railway stations (Bad Vilbel, Bad Vilbel Süd and Dortelweil on the Main–Weser Railway and Gronau on the Vilbel–Glauburg-Stockheim railway) served by Frankfurt's local transport network (S-Bahn line S 6 and RE Line 34). It has access to the A661 autobahn and the highway B3.

Furthermore, Bad Vilbel has several local bus lines called Vilbus connecting the city center to the neighborhoods. Additional connections to Frankfurt am Main with the local Frankfurt bus line 30 and with Offenbach am Main with the fast bus line X97.

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Bad Vilbel is twinned with:[3]

See also

Notable people

Born in Bad Vilbel

Wilhelm Finck around 1883
  • Wilhelm von Finck (1848–1924), banker and co-founder of the Alliance Insurance
  • Friedel Lutz (1939-2023), former national soccer player
  • Thomas Stöhr (born 1966), jurist and mayor of Bad Vilbel since 2003
  • Kathrin Anders (born 1982), German politician (The Greens), Members of the Landtag of Hesse since 2019

Linked to Bad Vilbel

  • Friedrich Carl Michael Grosholz (1810–1888), co-founder of Bad Vilbel bottled water industry
  • Bernhard Rechthien (1876–1941), mayor of Bad Vilbel 1919–1928
  • Klaus Havenstein (1922–1998), actor and television presenter, from 1990 to 1992 director of the Castle Festival Bad Vilbel
  • Jürgen Sparwasser (born 1948), is a retired German football player and later briefly a football manager living in Bad Vilbel. He gained fame as East Germany football player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals, where he scored the winning goal in a politically prestigious match against West Germany

References

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  3. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". bad-vilbel.de (in German). Bad Vilbel. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
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