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Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall (German pronunciation: [baːt ʁaɪçn̩ˈhal] ⓘ; Central Bavarian: Reichahoi) is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufen (1,771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 m)). Together with other alpine towns, Bad Reichenhall engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Bad Reichenhall was awarded Alpine Town of the Year in 2001.
Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.
The earliest known inhabitants of the area were tribes of the Glockenbecher-Culture (a Bronze Age Culture, from about 2000 B.C.) In the age of the La Tene culture (about 450 B.C.), organised salt production commenced utilising the local brine pools. In the same period, a Celtic place of worship is placed at the "Langacker". From 15 B.C to 480 A.D, the city was part of a Roman province, Noricum. 1136 A.D bought the founding of a monastery St. Zeno.
In 1617–1619, a wooden pipeline for brine exportation to Traunstein was built, with a length of 31 km, and more than 200 m in altitude difference.
In 1834, two-thirds of the city's buildings were destroyed by a major fire. The early 19th century saw the beginning of tourism, with Reichenhall becoming a famous health resort. From 1890, Reichenhall became known as "Bad Reichenhall". In 1928, the Predigtstuhl Cable Car was opened, an aerial tramway connecting Bad Reichenhall with the Predigtstuhl mountain top.
During World War II, the area was bombed by Allied forces, killing 200 people on 25 April 1945. The town centre, with many hospitals and the train station, was nearly destroyed; the barracks did not suffer any damage. After the war, the area was under American military governance (1945–1948). After World War II, the Americans established a Displaced Persons camp in the town, where Holocaust survivors lived for several years before immigrating to other countries. In 1947, David Ben-Gurion visited the DP camp, and saw the artworks created by Samuel Bak, one of the Holocaust survivors living at the camp.
On 1 November 1999, a mass shooting took place when a 16-year-old killed his sister and opened fire from a bedroom window, killing three and wounding several others, among them actor Günter Lamprecht, before committing suicide.
In 2001, Bad Reichenhall was named Alpine Town of the Year and a few years later became a member of Alpine Pearls.
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Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall (German pronunciation: [baːt ʁaɪçn̩ˈhal] ⓘ; Central Bavarian: Reichahoi) is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufen (1,771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 m)). Together with other alpine towns, Bad Reichenhall engages in the Alpine Town of the Year Association for the implementation of the Alpine Convention to achieve sustainable development in the Alpine Arc. Bad Reichenhall was awarded Alpine Town of the Year in 2001.
Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.
The earliest known inhabitants of the area were tribes of the Glockenbecher-Culture (a Bronze Age Culture, from about 2000 B.C.) In the age of the La Tene culture (about 450 B.C.), organised salt production commenced utilising the local brine pools. In the same period, a Celtic place of worship is placed at the "Langacker". From 15 B.C to 480 A.D, the city was part of a Roman province, Noricum. 1136 A.D bought the founding of a monastery St. Zeno.
In 1617–1619, a wooden pipeline for brine exportation to Traunstein was built, with a length of 31 km, and more than 200 m in altitude difference.
In 1834, two-thirds of the city's buildings were destroyed by a major fire. The early 19th century saw the beginning of tourism, with Reichenhall becoming a famous health resort. From 1890, Reichenhall became known as "Bad Reichenhall". In 1928, the Predigtstuhl Cable Car was opened, an aerial tramway connecting Bad Reichenhall with the Predigtstuhl mountain top.
During World War II, the area was bombed by Allied forces, killing 200 people on 25 April 1945. The town centre, with many hospitals and the train station, was nearly destroyed; the barracks did not suffer any damage. After the war, the area was under American military governance (1945–1948). After World War II, the Americans established a Displaced Persons camp in the town, where Holocaust survivors lived for several years before immigrating to other countries. In 1947, David Ben-Gurion visited the DP camp, and saw the artworks created by Samuel Bak, one of the Holocaust survivors living at the camp.
On 1 November 1999, a mass shooting took place when a 16-year-old killed his sister and opened fire from a bedroom window, killing three and wounding several others, among them actor Günter Lamprecht, before committing suicide.
In 2001, Bad Reichenhall was named Alpine Town of the Year and a few years later became a member of Alpine Pearls.