Bad Kösen () is a spa town on the Saale river in the small wine-growing region of Saale-Unstrut, Germany. It is a former municipality in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt. Bad Kösen has a population of around 5,300. Since 1 January 2010, it has been a Stadtteil (part) of the town of Naumburg.
Overview
The name of the town was Kösen until 1935.<br>
Bad Kösen, and the nearby Rudelsburg castle with its memorials to the German Student Corps, is the location of the annual convention of the Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband. In sight of the Rudelsburg is the ruin of the nearby Saaleck Castle.
Bad Kösen was the seat of the former Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("municipal association") Bad Kösen.
Pforta is an Ortsteil of Bad Kösen.
Gallery
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File:Saalebrücken in Bad Kösen.jpg
File:Rudelsburg.jpg|Rudelsburg, c.1890
File:BadKoesen Kurmittelhaus.jpg
File:Bad Kösen Stadtplan 1914.jpg|Map from 1914
File:Bad-Kösen-Gradierwerk.JPG
File:Bismarck Denkmal Bad Koesen 2006-04-01.jpg|Bismarck Memorial
File:Pforta Torhaus.jpg|Gate house of Pforta
File:Notgeld Bad Kösen.jpg
File:AlteMuehleBK.jpg|Old water mill
File:BadKoesen Bahnhof.jpg|Train station
File:AMenzelBuchenhalleKÖ1868.JPG
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References
External links
- (1911 Encyclopædia Britannica)
- Official website of Bad Kösen