Bad Soden

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Bad Soden am Taunus.svg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 08
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 30
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Main-Taunus-Kreis
Höhe = 130-385
Fläche = 12.55
Einwohner = 21295
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 65812
Vorwahl = 06196, 06174 (Altenhain)
Kfz = MTK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 36 001
Gliederung = 3 Stadtteile: Bad Soden, Neuenhain, Altenhain
Straße = Königsteiner Str. 73
Website = [http://www.bad-soden.de www.bad-soden.de]
Bürgermeister = Norbert Altenkamp
Partei = CDU

Bad Soden (also: "Bad Soden am Taunus") is a town and spa in the Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Population 21,412 (2005). Bad Soden is a popular residential town for commuters working in Frankfurt am Main. It is known for its various springs, which contain carbonic acid gas and various iron oxides. The waters are used both internally and externally, and are actually quite widely exported. Soden lozenges (Sodener Pastillen), condensed from the waters, are also in great demand. Bad Soden has a large and well-appointed Kurhaus, an Evangelical and a Roman Catholic church, and a small hospital. It also has a residential building by the architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Notable citizens

Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank, worked at Bad Soden before moving to the Netherlands with his family.