Bad Reichenhall
town in Bavaria, Germany
Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and capital of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg, and encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps. Mount Staufen (1,771 metres (5,810 ft)) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 metres (5,843 ft)) are both near Bad Reichenhall. Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds. The town was the site of a disaster on January 2, 2006, when the roof of the town's ice rink collapsed under snow, killing 15 and injuring 34 others.
Bad Reichenhall | |
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 Former town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Reichenhall within Berchtesgadener Land district  | |
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| Coordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°ECoordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Upper Bavaria |
| District | Berchtesgadener Land |
| Government | |
| • Lord Mayor | Herbert Lackner (CSU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.92 km2 (16.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 473 m (1,552 ft) |
| Population (2016-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 17,752 |
| • Density | 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 83435 |
| Dialling codes | 08651 |
| Vehicle registration | BGL (until 1979: REI) |
| Website | www.stadt-bad-reichenhall.de |
Ice rink disasterEdit
Fifteen people, twelve of them children, died in the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink on 2 January 2006. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident.[3]
Famous people from Bad ReichenhallEdit
- Anni Friesinger, speed skater
- Regina Häusl, alpine skier
- Stefan Holzner, triathlete
- Michael Neumayer, ski jumper
- Hans Söllner, singer-songwriter
Other websitesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)". DESTATIS. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes". Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitung (in German). January 2018.
- ↑ "German town mourns after ice-rink collapse". Msnbc. The Associated Press. April 2010.
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