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Bad Arolsen

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Bad Arolsen

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Also known as Arolsen

town in Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany

Key facts

Country
Germany
State
Hesse
Admin region
Kassel
District
Waldeck-Frankenberg
Mayor 2022 28
Marko Lambion
Total
126.47 km (48.83 sq mi)
Elevation
286 m (938 ft)
Density
126.9/km (328.7/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Dialling codes
05691, 05696
Vehicle registration
KB, WA
Website
Stadt Bad Arolsen

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Encyclopedic overview

Bad Arolsen ( German: [baːt ˈʔaːʁɔlzn̩] , until 1997 Arolsen, Bad being the German name for Spa) is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and then until 1929 as the capital of the Waldeck Free State. The International Tracing Service has its headquarters in Bad Arolsen.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bad Arolsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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