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to Bad Ems on the Lahn River
about 28 km northwest of the castle hotel 536-kattBad Ems
The origins of Bad Ems reach back to the time of the Romans who, during the first half of
the 2nd century, founded a fort in the area where the Church of Martin (Martinskirche) is
located today. The fort served as a protection for the Limes Wall, who lead there over the
Lahn River. In the 6th century, at the same point, a franconian settlement was
established. It was first documentary mentioned in the year of 880. In the year 1324, Bad
Ems received municipal rights, but until far into the 19th century, Bad Ems remained just
a small fair town. Finally in 1863, Bad Ems advanced to be a "real" city.
Already in the 14th century, Bad Ems had been a spa town. In the 19th century, it was
considered as one of the most famous spas in Europe which was often visited by emperors
and kings and personalities of cultural life. Since 1913, Bad Ems has been owning the
official authorisation to carry the name "Bad" which expresses the city's status
as a spa town. Today, Bad Ems is not just a popular address for patients at health
resorts, but, because of its spa architecture and charming location in the Lahn River
valley, a great magnet for tourism.
View from the Lahn River bridge to the casino and the
spa hotel in Bad Ems.
 Spa architecture and Spa hotels in Bad Ems
The spa hotel, a baroque bathing castle, was built in the early 18th century. During the
19th century, it advanced to be an imperial-royal vacation domicile. The center of the
facility is the spring hall which is carried by pillars and which contains three springs
with healing water. In the first half of the 19th century, the so called Marble Hall was
built in order to serve as a festive spa hotel building. The two-story squarish hall is
topped by a coffered ceiling which rests on marble pillars. In 1913 and 1914, the marble
hall received a western building attachement: the spa theater.
The theater hall is being presented in rococo and the Art Nouveau style. Other spa
buildings are, for example, the new bath house built in the middle of the 19th century and
the former House of Mainz, which had been built to be a bath house already in 1694.
 Churches in Bad Ems
In Bad Ems, there are even several lovely churches. The oldest one is the protestant
parish church St. Martin which had already existed around the year 1000. The roman
basilica was rebuilt as much as possible in proper style in the 18th century after a big
fire. Only the church tower which had been used as a lookout tower, received a baroque
cover. In the park area at the Lahn River, you can see the catholic Church of Martin,
which was built in neo-Gothic style between 1866 and 1882. Well worth seeing are
particularly the mural paintings, the window paintings and the high altar. In the end of
the 19th century, the supposedly most famous emperor Wilhelm I ordered a protestant church
to be built, which was later on named after him. This church was supposed to find its
place as a dignified House of the Lord in central location. The counterpart to the
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kirche (Emperor-Wilhelm-Church) is the catholic chapel "Maria
Konigin" (Queen Mary) which served as a "spa church" during the spa visits
of the archbishops of Mainz. At first sight, it seems to be quite surprising that there is
also a russian-orthodox church in Bad Ems. But even Czar Alexander II visited Bad Ems as a
patient of a health resort. In his presence, the russian-orthodox church of Bad Ems was
inaugurated in 1876. The characteristic mark of this church are its five blue cupolas. The
blue color is supposed to symbolize the wisdom of God.
 Stone of Benedetti - Ems dispatch
Between the spa hotel and the Lahn River bridge, there is a memorial stone in a flowerbed
reminding of the fatal correspondence between King Wilhelm I of Prussia and the french
ambassador Earl Benedetti. The telegraphic message of the prussian king to Berlin, which
entered history books under the name of "Ems Dispatch" and the shortened
version of the contents, which was published in the press by Otto Graf of Bismarck on July
13, 1870, led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War 1870/1871.
 Spa forest cableway to the
Bismarck-Height
Right across the casino, there is the valley station of the spa forest cableway. The
mountain railway leads up to the Bismarck-height, from where you can enjoy a great view
towards Bad Ems and the lower Lahn River valley. Two cabins osciallate daily in a
10-minutes-cycle between 6:15 a.m. and 10:30 p.m., between the valley station and the
mountain station. At a speed of 14 km per hour, the cable railway surmounts a maximum
uphill grade of 78% at an altitude difference of 138 meters and covers a distance of 220
meters. Each cabin offers space for up to 25 people.
Boat cruises on the Lahn River from Bad Ems
From Bad Ems (about 28 km northwest of the 563-katt castle hotel Taunus) different boat cruises are offered during the main season:
- One-hour round course with passengers around the barrage
Dausenau, for groups starting at 30 people
- Boat cruise from Bad Ems to Nassau and to the wine
village Obernhof and back, for groups starting at 40 people
- Boat cruise from Bad Ems through the Lahn River valley to
Lahnstein at the estuary of the Lahn River into the Rhine River, and further up the Rhine
River to Boppard (Rhine-River-Castle-Cruise) and back, for groups starting at 40 people.
On the Rhine River, the boat cruise passes many sights like the Castle Lahneck, Castle
Stolzenfels, the Fortress Marksburg near Braubach and the "Konigsstuhl" monument
near Rhens.
- The "Three-River-Course" on the Lahn River, the
Rhine River and the Moselle / Mosel River past Lahnstein and Coblence / Koblenz up to the
watergate Koblenz / Coblence on the Moselle / Mosel River and back, for groups starting at
40 people. The cruise leads past sights like the castle Lahneck, castle Stolzenfels, the
historical city center of Koblenz / Coblence, the "German-Corner" and the
fortress "Ehrenbreitstein".
Mining museum Bad Ems
In Bad Ems, mining has a long tradition. Already at the times of the Romans, ore was mined
in Bad Ems. Mining experienced its time of prosperity during the second half
of the 18th century and during the 19th century. Since 1996, the mine is set up as a
museum. In four different exhibition rooms, the visitors can gain information on the
development and the meaning of ore mining in the region. The first exhibition room is
dedicated to the pre-industrial mining. You can see, among others, finds from old
galleries and tunnels. In the second room , the industrial period of mining is being
presented. The third room gives information on the social aspect of mining in Bad Ems.
Here, you are being informed on housing, mining unions, income and also punishments for
poorly performed work. Finally, the last room shows a collection of minerals and different
types of ore.
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