Bad Kösen

Bad Kösen (German: [baːt ˈkøːzn̩] ^ⓘ) 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.

Bad Kösen
Stadtteil of Naumburg
Weir of the Saale river and old water mill
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Kösen
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Coordinates: 51°8′7″N 11°43′14″E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony-Anhalt
District	Burgenlandkreis
Town	Naumburg
Area
• Total	35.72 km2 (13.79 sq mi)
Elevation	115 m (377 ft)
Population  (2006-12-31)
• Total	5,360
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	06628
Dialling codes	034463
Vehicle registration	BLK
Website	Official website

Overview

The name of the town was Kösen until 1935.
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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  Rudelsburg, c.1890
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  Map from 1914
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  Bismarck Memorial
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  Gate house of Pforta
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  Old water mill
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  Train station
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External links

• Media related to Bad Kösen at Wikimedia Commons
• Works related to Kösen at Wikisource (1911 Encyclopædia Britannica)
• Schumann, August (1818). "Kösen". Vollständiges Staats-, Post- und Zeitungslexikon von Sachsen (in German). Vol. 5. Zwickau. p. 20.
• Official website of Bad Kösen