Bad Vilbel, Hesse, Germany

History | 20th Century | Transport

🇩🇪 Bad Vilbel is a spa town in Hesse (Hessen), Germany, famous for its many mineral water springs. Bad Vilbel is the largest town in the Wetteraukreis district and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area with its city centre being located 8 km north-east of downtown Frankfurt am Main at the banks of the river Nidda.

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History Bad Vilbel was founded in 774 (first written document) but much older artefacts were found in the area. In 1848 during railway works, a Roman villa was unearthed with a Thermae and a Mosaic. A replica of this mosaic is presented in a modern exhibition in the spa gardens.

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20th Century The town Vilbel got the label "Bad" (spa) in 1948 for its numerous mineral springs. The health spa operations stopped in the 1960s but the mineral water industry connected more springs of the Wetterau by pipelines to the bottling plant of Hassia in Bad Vilbel. The hessian government reform formed 1971/72 Bad Vilbel (with Heilsberg), Dortelweil, Gronau and Massenheim to the new city Bad Vilbel. Since 1997 great areas have been developed for living and business, like the residential area of Dortelweil-West or the commercial park Quellenpark between Bad Vilbel, Massenheim and Dortelweil.

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Transport Bad Vilbel has four railway stations (Bad Vilbel, Bad Vilbel Süd and Dortelweil on the Main–Weser Railway and Gronau on the Vilbel–Glauburg-Stockheim railway) served by Frankfurt's local transport network (S-Bahn line S 6 and RE Line 34). It has access to the A661 autobahn and the highway B3.

Furthermore, Bad Vilbel has several local bus lines called Vilbus connecting the city centre to the neighborhoods. Additional connections to Frankfurt am Main with the bus line 30 and with Offenbach am Main with the fast bus line X97.

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Dortelweil 
Dortelweil
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Bad Vilbel has a population of over 34,714 people. Bad Vilbel also forms the centre of the wider Wetterau District which has a population of over 310,353 people. Bad Vilbel is situated 8 km north-east of Frankfurt am Main.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Bad Vilbel has links with:

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Antipodal to Bad Vilbel is: -171.267,-50.167

Locations Near: Bad Vilbel 8.73333,50.1667

🇩🇪 Offenbach am Main 8.766,50.105 d: 7.2  

🇩🇪 Nordend (Frankfurt am Main) 8.683,50.117 d: 6.6  

🇩🇪 Frankfurt 8.683,50.112 d: 7  

🇩🇪 Frankfurt am Main 8.667,50.1 d: 8.8  

🇩🇪 Offenbach 8.8,50.1 d: 8.8  

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🇩🇪 Friedberg 8.75,50.333 d: 18.6  

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