Bad Homburg: Spielbank Heritage, Kaiser Wilhelm's Spa, and the Taunus Heights Above Frankfurt
Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe has a population around 52,000 and lies at the foot of the Taunus mountain range in Hessen, about 15 kilometres north of Frankfurt. The Spielbank Bad Homburg, founded in 1841 by Francois Blanc, pioneered the single-zero roulette wheel that later made Monte Carlo famous. Dostoevsky's "The Gambler" drew on his losses here. Kaiser Wilhelm II made Bad Homburg his summer residence, and the Schloss Bad Homburg preserves the Hohenzollern apartments.
The Kurpark, one of the largest in Germany, contains a Siamese temple gifted by King Chulalongkorn of Thailand. The Saalburg, a reconstructed Roman fort on the Taunus ridge above the town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. The homburg hat takes its name from this town. The S-Bahn connects to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof in about 20 minutes, making Bad Homburg one of the Taunus commuter belt's most prestigious addresses. Adult companionship follows Hessen's regulatory approach.
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Bad Homburg vor der Hoehe has a population around 52,000 and lies at the foot of the Taunus mountain range in Hessen, about 15 kilometres north of Frankfurt. The Spielbank Bad Homburg, founded in 1841 by Francois Blanc, pioneered the single-zero roulette wheel that later made Monte Carlo famous. Dostoevsky's "The Gambler" drew on his losses here. Kaiser Wilhelm II made Bad Homburg his summer residence, and the Schloss Bad Homburg preserves the Hohenzollern apartments.
The Kurpark, one of the largest in Germany, contains a Siamese temple gifted by King Chulalongkorn of Thailand. The Saalburg, a reconstructed Roman fort on the Taunus ridge above the town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. The homburg hat takes its name from this town. The S-Bahn connects to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof in about 20 minutes, making Bad Homburg one of the Taunus commuter belt's most prestigious addresses. Adult companionship follows Hessen's regulatory approach.
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