Tophotels in Bad Wildungen

Spa Town with a Rich History- Bad Wildungen

The spa town with its approx. 16.000 inhabitants, is situated at the Ederradweg and it offers you a lot to see and do with its exciting stage productions, jazz, samba and folk concerts as well as the baroque architecture.  For those who are interested in the history of the Witch Trials in the 16th and 17th Century, you can go searching for evidence here.

Good Rail and Bus Connections, no Airport

Bad Wildungen does not have its own airport but the spa town is very easy to reach by bus or train from Kassel. Regional trains and bus connections run on an hourly basis and even the A 49 and the main roads 485 and 253, run through the town. For particularly environmentally friendly journeys as well as for those people who are conscious about their speed, there are two long distance bicycle paths: both theEderradweg as well as the Hessische Radweg R5 lead toBad Wildungen.

Architecture and Nature in Bad Wildungen

The flair of this town that was first mentioned in the year 800, can be best experienced if you explore the old town on foot with itstimbered houses and baroque and neo-baroque buildings, to ensure that you don ́t miss one small detail.

Bad Wildungen was the site of the national horticultural show in 2006. As part of this event, a particularly nice sculpture trail wascreated which runs parallel to the Schlossbergweg. For those who love getting out into nature, you need to explore the nearby Helenental with its beautiful waterfalls and the Sondergraben, both have been  protected areas of nature  since 1986.

Historical Town and Contemporary Entertainment

>Both the

Quellenmuseum “source museum”

as well as the

Stadtmuseum „town museum“

and the

Jagdmuseum „hunting museum“

in the

Schloss Friedrichstein “Friedrichstein Castle”

, deal with both the history of the region and the location. There you can also learn more about the notorious

Bad Wildunger Hexenprozesse “Witch Trial”

. At what is now the

Lindentor

, this is where the witch trials were held, and in the

Rathaus “town hall”

, there was a

torture chamber

. Near to what is now the

Freibades Heloponte „Heloponte Outdoor Pool“

, there was an oil mill pond in the 16th and 17th Century and it is here where the alleged witches were thrown into the water in order to see whether they would drown.

In summer there is an Freilichtbühne „open-air theatre“ for theatre performances and in line with the fable trail upon which Bad Wildungen is situated, it is predominantly renditions of fairy tales that take place here. In terms of music, the  spa town has a lot to offer, both theatre and cinema programmes as well as musical events are accessible online.

Honest German Cuisine and Regional Specialities

The Altdeutsche Bierstube 1681 has been located at the same spot for over 300 years in the town-centre of Bad Wildungen, it is easy to reach on foot via the Kurparkanlagen “spa garden grounds” and it is open daily from 11am. Dampfbier vom Fass belongs as much to the hearty and cheap specialities of the beer tavern as Sauerbraten from the Rhineland