Bad Ems
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Bad Ems is a town located in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany and serves as the administrative center of the Rhein-Lahn district. As a "Bad" (spa town), it likely functions as a health resort, which is a significant part of its identity and local economy.
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Bad Ems ( German pronunciation: [baːt ˈʔɛms] ) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems was the seat of Bad Ems collective municipality, which has been merged into the Bad Ems-Nassau collective municipality. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants.
In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe", because of its famous hot springs and 18-20th century architecture bearing testimony to the popularity of spa resorts in Europe during that time.