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q Baden–Baden
Road map B6. * 50,000. k Baden
Airport (5 km/3 miles northwest of
town). £ n Schwarzwaldstraße 52
& “i-Punkt” in der Trinkhalle (07221-275
233). ∑ baden-baden.de
Known as the “summer capital
of Europe”, this elegant spa
resort is one of the oldest towns
in Germany and was once the
favourite destination of
European aristocracy from
Russia to Portugal. Even before Baden-Baden’s casino, set in the elegant Kurhaus
the Romans built their camp
here around AD 80, the site was from the 15th century onwards. aristocratic family, the Stourdza
occupied by a Celtic settlement It was remodelled along German Mausoleum. In Schil ler straße is
of the Latenian period. Renaissance lines in the 16th the villa built in 1867 for the
In the early years of the modern century by Kaspar Weinhart. The Russian writer, Ivan Turgenev,
era, Civitas Aurelia Aquensis – interiors are decorated with who lived here until 1872.
known simply as Aquae – was paintings by Tobias Stimmer.
already known in Italy for the Most of the spa buildings are P Brahmshaus
therapeutic properties of its the work of Friedrich Wein- Maximilianstraße 85. Tel (07221)
waters. In the 3rd century AD, brenner. His elegant Kurhaus in 71172. Open 3–5pm Mon, Wed, Fri,
Aquae was conquered by the Werderstraße has been used as 10am–1pm Sun (10am–4pm daily
Germanic tribe of Alamains and a casino since 1838. The most during Brahmstage). &
in the 6th century AD by the famous gamester at the casino The exhibition displayed in
Francs, who built a fortress in was Fyodor Dostoevsky, who this house is devoted to the
the town. The margrave, was not always lucky at roulette. life and works of the German
Hermann II, known as “Marchio His novel The Gambler (1866) is composer Johannes Brahms
de Baduon”, was the first supposedly set in Baden-Baden. who lived here from 1865
important ruler of Baden. Nearby is the Trink halle (pump until 1874.
During the horrific Black Death, room), with its mineral water
the qualities of the local waters fountains. Built in 1839–42, it is R Kloster Lichtenthal
were once again recognized as decorated with wall paintings Hauptstraße 40. Tel (07221) 50 49 10.
beneficial to health. During the illustrating Schwarzwald (Black Open 3pm Wed, Sat, Sun. 8 Group
Palatinate War of Succession, Forest) legends. tours (minimum 7 persons), advance
Baden-Baden was almost Rising behind the spa area telephone booking required. &
totally destroyed but, by the is the last project completed This Cistercian nuns’ abbey,
end of the 18th century, it had by Leo von Klenze before his situated on the outskirts of
become one of Europe’s most death – the Orthodox burial town, has a church dating
fashionable resorts. chapel of a Romanian from the 14th–15th centuries.
The old town of Its ducal chapel contains
Baden-Baden lies at the many epitaphs of the Baden
foot of the Schloßberg margraves. The abbey also has
(castle hill). The oldest an interesting museum.
surviving building in
the town is the Gothic E Staatliche Kunsthalle
collegiate church, built Baden-Baden
during the 13th–15th Lichtentaler Allee 8a. Tel (07221) 300
centuries and then 76400. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.
remodelled in the ∑ kunsthalle-baden-baden.de
18th century. It contains The Staatliche Kunsthalle
several valuable Baden-Baden is an exhibition
epitaphs. To the south venue that specializes in
of the church is the modern and contemporary art.
bathing hall –
Friedrichsbad – which E Stadtmuseum
was built in Neo- Lichtentaler Allee 10. Tel (07221) 93 22
Renaissance style in 72. Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun.
1877. Nearby stands The Stadtmuseum includes
the magnificent New sections on glass, porcelain and
Palace, which was the The Neo-Renaissance Trinkhalle (pump room) paintings, as well as some old
residence of margraves in Baden-Baden gambling equipment.

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