Wiesbaden, Germany: General travel information
Wiesbaden, area 204 km², population 276 000, capital city of the federal state Hesse
The thermal springs of Wiesbaden are first documentary mentioned 77 AD in the Naturalis hostoria of Pliny the Elder (Plinius maior), a town named Wisibada was documentary mentioned 828 by Einhard who also wrote the biography Vita Karoli Magni; "The life of Charlemagne"
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Main sights:
- Old town hall, renaissance architecture built 1608 - 1610
- Bergkirche, neo gothic church built 1879 according to plans of master builder Johannes Otzen
- Bonifatiuskirche, neo gothic church built 1844 - 1849
- Englische Kirche, english church built 1863 for british visitors of the health spa
- Erbprinzenpalais,neo classical palace built 1813 - 1817 for Duke William of Nassau
- Hessisches Staatstheater, state theater of hesse, neo baroque architecture built 1893 - 1894
- Kaiser Friedrich Therme, art nouveau architecture built 1910 - 1913
- Kochbrunnen, temple built 1888 - 1890 around the oldest thermal spring of Wiesbaden that was mentioned as Bruehborn in 1366
- Landeshaus, neo baroque administration building from 1905
- Lutherkirche, art nouveau church built 1908
- Marktkirche, neo gothic church built 1853 - 1862 according to plans of Carl Boos
- Museum Wiesbaden, museum of arts, natural history and antique artifacts
- Neues Rathaus, new town hall, neo renaissance architecture built 1884 - 1887 according to plans of architect Georg von Hauberisser
- Ringkirche, neo romanesque church built 1892 - 1894
- Solmsschloesschen, neo gothic villa built 1890 - 1892 for Prince Albrecht zu Solms-Braunfels
- Jagdschloss Platte, residence built 1823 - 1826
- Schloss Biebrich, baroque residence of the Dukes and Counts of Nassau constructed and enhanced from 1700 - 1750