Bad Zwesten
{{Infobox German location
|image_coa = Wappen Bad Zwesten.png
|coordinates = {{coord|51|03|N|09|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_skyline = Bad Zwesten von Altenburg.jpg
|image_caption = Bad Zwesten, at right the Hardtwald Clinic
|image_plan = Bad Zwesten in HR.svg
|state = Hessen
|region = Kassel
|district = Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
|elevation = 210
|area = 39.45
|postal_code = 34596
|area_code = 05626
|licence = HR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 6 34 027
|divisions = 5 Ortsteile
|website = [http://www.badzwesten.de/ www.badzwesten.de]
|mayor = Achim Siebert{{cite web|url=https://statistik.hessen.de/sites/statistik.hessen.de/files/2023-04/BVII_m04-2023_Direktwahlen_Tabelle_1a.xlsx|title=Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023|language=de|publisher=Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt|format=XLS}}
|leader_term = 2023–29
|party =
}}
Bad Zwesten is a municipality in the Schwalm-Eder district of Hesse, Germany.
Geography
=Location=
Bad Zwesten lies about 8 km southeast of Bad Wildungen on the river Schwalm, which belongs to the Eder watershed. North of the community begins the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park.
=Constituent communities=
- Betzigerode
- Niederurff
- Oberurff-Schiffelborn
- Wenzigerode
- Zwesten (administrative seat)
History
Zwesten had its first documentary mention about the year 800. In 1913 came the discovery of a mineral spring, which in 1960 was officially declared a recognized Heilquelle (≈health spring).
Within the framework of municipal reform in Hesse, the formerly independent communities of Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff-Schiffelborn, Wenzigerode, and Zwesten were amalgamated into the new, united community of Zwesten in 1972. In 1992, the community was granted official recognition as a spa, allowing it to prefix the designation Bad – German for "bath" – to its name.
Politics
=Municipal council=
Economy
Image:Hardtwaldklinik Zwesten.jpg
The spa of Bad Zwesten bases its burgeoning prosperity on its Löwensprudel ("Lion's Fizzy Water"). In this spa town, two clinics are to be found, Hardtwald Clinics I and II with about 650 beds.
Transport
Bad Zwesten lies at the crossroads of Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 3 and B 485. About 5 km from the community is the Borken/Bad Zwesten interchange with Autobahn A 49 (Kassel – Fritzlar – Marburg).
The community belongs to the North Hesse Transport Network (Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund) which, among other things, runs a hailed shared taxi to Borken railway station on the Main-Weser Railway.
Literature
- Martin Opfer: Zwesten : Betzigerode, Niederurff, Oberurff, Schiffelborn und Wenzigerode ; Bilder und Texte erzählen, wie es damals war, Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1989, {{ISBN|3-925277-31-5}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- [http://www.bad-zwesten.de Bad Zwesten]
{{Towns and municipalities in the district of Schwalm-Eder}}
{{Authority control}}