Bad Hersfeld

Bad Hersfeld
View of the monastery ruins from the tower of the town church
View of the monastery ruins from the tower of the town church
Coat of arms of Bad Hersfeld
Location of within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
ThuringiaVogelsbergkreisFulda (district)Schwalm-Eder-KreisWerra-Meißner-KreisAlheimRotenburg an der FuldaCornbergNentershausenBebraBebraWildeckHeringenPhilippsthalFriedewaldLudwigsauNeuensteinHohenrodaSchenklengsfeldSchenklengsfeldHauneckHaunetalNiederaulaKirchheimBreitenbach am HerzbergRonshausenBad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld is located in Germany
Bad Hersfeld
Bad Hersfeld is located in Hesse
Bad Hersfeld
Coordinates: 50°52′6″N 9°42′27″E / 50.86833°N 9.70750°E / 50.86833; 9.70750
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionKassel
DistrictHersfeld-Rotenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2022–28) Anke Hofmann[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total73.82 km2 (28.50 sq mi)
Elevation
212 m (696 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total30,652
 • Density420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
36251
Dialling codes06621
Vehicle registrationHEF
Websitewww.bad-hersfeld.de

The festival and spa town of Bad Hersfeld (Bad is "spa" in German; the Old High German name of the city was Herolfisfeld) is the district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany, roughly 50 km southeast of Kassel.

Bad Hersfeld is known countrywide above all for the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele (festival), which have taken place each year since 1951 at the monastery ruins. These themselves are said to be Europe's biggest Romanesque church ruin.

In 1967, the town hosted the seventh Hessentag state festival.

  1. ^ "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.