Bad Reichenhall

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Bad Reichenhall
Image:Wappen von Bad Reichenhall.png	Image:Bad Reichenhall Lage in Deutschland.png

Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Upper Bavaria
District	Berchtesgadener Land
Population	18,351 (2004)
Area	39.44 km²
Population density	432 /km²
Elevation	470 m
Coordinates	47°43′ N 12°52′ E
Postal code	83435
Area code	08651
Licence plate code	BGL
Mayor	Dr. Herbert Lackner (CSU)
Website	stadt-bad-reichenhall.de

Bad Reichenhall 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 Chiemgauer Alps (including Mount Staufen (1771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1781 m)).

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Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds.

The town was the site of a disaster on January 2, 2006, when the roof of the town's ice rink collapsed under snow, killing 15 and injuring 34 others.

1 History
2 Ice rink disaster
3 Famous people from Bad Reichenhall
4 External link

[edit] History

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The earliest known inhabitants of this area are the 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.) organized salt production commenced utilizing 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.C, the city is part of a roman province, Noricum
1136 A.C 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 cities buildings were destroyed by a major fire
The early 19th century saw the beginning of tourism, with Reichenhall becoming a famous health resort
1890 Reichenhall is now called "Bad Reichenhall"
In 1945 the area was bombed by allied forces, and following World War II the area was under American military governance (1945-1948)

[edit] Ice rink disaster

Main article: Bad Reichenhall ice rink roof collapse

Fifteen people, twelve of them children, died in the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall ice rink on 2 January 2006. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident [1].