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Vinony's link graph records 78 inbound references to Bad Elster, and connects out to German Democratic Republic, Germany and Czech Republic.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
Vinony files it under Spa towns in Germany, Towns in Saxony and Vogtlandkreis.
Vinony links it to 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Vogtlandkreis
- Mayor 2022 29
- Olaf Schlott
- Total
- 19.77 km (7.63 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 546 m (1,791 ft)
- Density
- 179.7/km (465.3/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 08645
- Dialling codes
- 037437
- Vehicle registration
- V, AE, OVL, PL, RC
- Website
- www.badelster.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spa town
- Official name
- Bad Elster
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Vogtlandkreis
- Population
- 3617
- Area
- 19.77
- Elevation
- 546
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Hranice
- Official website
- badelster.de
- Image
- Bad Elster Kurhaus König-Albert-Bad.JPG
- Dialing code
- 037437
- Licence plate code
- V
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- Commons category
- Bad Elster
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Bad Waldsee
- postal code
- 08645
- short name
- Els
- native label
- Bad Elster
- P8168
- Hans Werner Richter
- hashtag
- BadElster
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
König-Albert-Bad Bad Elster's Lutheran church 1724 "Halbmeilensäule" pillar in nearby Kirchberg White Elster in Bad Elster/Heißenstein, nearby Czech border Stamp of the GDR with the text: "Elster Bad der Werktätigen" (Elster spa town of the workers), Five year plan of 1953, Workers of Kurhaus Elster (Health Resort)
Bad Elster ( German pronunciation: [ˌbaːt ˈɛlstɐ] ) is a spa town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It lies on the border of Saxony and the Czech Republic in the Elster gebirge hills. It is situated on the river White Elster, and is protected from extremes of temperature by the surrounding wooded hills. It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Plauen, and 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Cheb. It is part of the Freunde im Herzen Europas microregion.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bad Elster” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.