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BSL AIRPORT - 15.7 MI/25.3 KM NNE
BADENWEILER A HEALTH RESORT AND SPA OF THE
BREISGAU-HOCHSCHWARZWALD DISTRICT OF
BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG GERMANY HISTORICALLY IN THE
MARKGRAEFLERLAND. IT IS 28 KILOMETERS BY ROAD AND
RAIL FROM BASEL 10 KILOMETERS FROM THE FRENCH
BORDER AND 20 KILOMETES AWAY FROM MULHOUSE. THE
PERMANENT POPULATION IS ABOUT 600. THE NEAREST
BIG CITY ON THE GERMAN SIDE OF THE BORDER IS
FREIBURG ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS AWAY. BADENWEILER
LIES AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE BLACK FOREST. IT
IS SHELTERED BY THE BLAUEN 1164 M *3820 FT* AND
THE CLIMATE IS EXCELLENT. ITS PARISH
*EVANGELICAL* CHURCH *1897* IS BUILT AT THE FOOT
OF AN 11TH-CENTURY CASTLE WHICH BELONGED TO THE
MARGRAVES OF BADEN AND WAS DESTROYED BY THE
FRENCH DURING THE WARS OF LOUIS XV.
BADENWEILER IS VISITED BY SOME 5000 PEOPLE
ANNUALLY. SOME COME FOR ITS WARM MINERAL SPRINGS
WITH TEMPERATURES OF 21 C *70 F* OTHERS FOR ITS
WHEY CURE AND STILL OTHERS ON ACCOUNT OF ITS
EQUABLE CLIMATE AND PICTURESQUE SURROUNDINGS.
THERE IS A KURHAUS BUILT IN 1853 AND A PARK OF
15 ACRES *61 000 M * AS WELL AS A GRAND-DUCAL
CASTLE REFITTED IN 1887 88. IN 1784
WELL-PRESERVED ROMAN BATHS WERE DISCOVERED HERE