Kreuznach lay on the Roman road that led from Metz (Divodurum), by way of the Saar crossing near Dillingen-Pachten ( Contiomagus) and the Vicus Wareswald, near Tholey to Bingen am Rhein (Bingium). About 58 BC, the area became part of the Roman Empire and a Roman vicus came into being here, named, according to legend, after a Celt called Cruciniac, who transferred a part of his land to the Romans for them to build a supply station between Mainz ( Mogontiacum) and Trier ( Augusta Treverorum). It lies at the mouth of the Ellerbach, where it empties into the lower Nahe.Īs early as the 5th century BC, there is conclusive evidence that there was a Celtic settlement within what are now Bad Kreuznach's town limits. 6.6.2 Town of Bad Kreuznach Sport Badgeīad Kreuznach lies between the Hunsrück, Rhenish Hesse and the North Palatine Uplands, some 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) as the crow flies south-southwest of Bingen am Rhein.6.5 Town of Bad Kreuznach Cultural Prize.
2.3.5 Congress of Vienna to First World War. 2.3.4 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic times. It is classed as a middle centre with some functions of an upper centre, making it the administrative, cultural and economic hub of a region with more than 150,000 inhabitants. It is, nonetheless, the district seat, and also the seat of the state chamber of commerce for Rhineland-Palatinate. Bad Kreuznach is also officially a große kreisangehörige Stadt ("large town belonging to a district"), meaning that it does not have the district-level powers that kreisfreie Städte ("district-free towns/cities") enjoy. The town is the seat of several courts, as well as federal and state authorities. The town is located in the Nahe River wine region, renowned both nationally and internationally for its wines, especially from the Riesling, Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau grape varieties.īad Kreuznach does not lie within any Verbandsgemeinde, even though it is the seat of the Bad Kreuznach (Verbandsgemeinde). It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in the world with buildings on it. 
Bad Kreuznach ( German pronunciation: ( listen)) is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
0 kommentar(er)
