Bad Hersfeld facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Bad Hersfeld
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View of the old town Bad Hersfeld, taken from the Tageberg
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| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Kassel | |
| District | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | |
| Subdivisions | 11 districts | |
| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | |
| Population
(2022-12-31)
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| • Total | 30,652 | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes |
36251
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| Dialling codes | 06621, 06625(Beiershausen) | |
| Vehicle registration | HEF, ROF | |
| Website | www.bad-hersfeld.de | |
Bad Hersfeld is the capital of the district Hersfeld-Rotenburg, in the state of Hesse in Germany. It is a well-known festival and spa town. Every summer, the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele (festival) are held here in 1951 at the monastery ruins. It is the largest Romanesque church ruin in Europe.
Images for kids
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Copperplate engraving of Hersfeld in 1655 (Matthäus Merian the Younger)
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The town's landmark, the tower of the Hersfelder Stadtkirche (Town church)
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Main building of the former barracks in Bad Hersfeld (Hohe Luft). Between 1948 and 1993 it was the McPheeters Barracks of the United States Army.
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Memorial stone in the former McPheeters Barracks. It was erected in honor of the soldiers who did their military service in Bad Hersfeld.
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Monastery ruins in Bad Hersfeld
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Oldest timber-frame house in Bad Hersfeld from 1452
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Opening of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele
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Lullusfest
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A railway crossing at the Kurpark on the Knüllwaldbahn, nowadays only used for goods services
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Bad Hersfeld's Kurpark ("spa park")
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Statue of Konrad Duden and Konrad Zuse in the monastery zone
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Number of free householders in Bad Hersfeld in the Middle Ages
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Population development since the Thirty Years' War
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Population development over the last hundred years
See also
In Spanish: Bad Hersfeld para niños
