Bad Wildungen is a therapeutic spa town with springs that bring forth water containing iron, magnesium and carbonic acid. The town’s main field of economic activity is the spa and tourism.

Above Bad Wildungen stands a Baroque stately home, Schloss Friedrichstein, which was planned by Count Josias II in 1660 and completed between 1707 and 1714 by Prince Friedrich Anton Ulrich zu Waldeck.

In the town centre stands a late Gothic Evangelical church from the 14th century. Inside is a winged altarpiece by Konrad von Soest (with Germany’s oldest depiction of eyeglasses).

Standing in the town centre and along the Brunnenallee are many villas from the founders’ times. The Fürstenhof, an Art Nouveau building like a stately home, once a hotel (the biggest Art Nouveau building in Europe) is today a clinic.

Further information on: www.bad-wildungen.de