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Bad Reichenhall - Spa & Familien Resort RupertusTherme - Berchtesgadener Land (Oberbayern), Deutschland

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Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps (including Mount Staufen (1771 m) and Mount Zwiesel (1781 m)). Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evaporating water saturated with salt from brine ponds. The town was the site of a disaster on January 2, 2006, when the roof of the town's ice rink collapsed under snow, killing 15 and injuring 34 others. History: * The earliest known inhabitants of this area are the tribes of the Glockenbecher-Culture (a Bronze Age Culture, from about 2000 B.C) * In the age of the La Tene culture (about 450 B.C) organized salt production commenced utilizing the local brine pools. In the same period a celtic place of worship is placed at the "Langacker" * From 15 B.C to 480 A.D, the city is part of a roman province, Noricum * 1136 A.D bought the founding of a monastery St. Zeno ... Read more about Bad Reichenhall on Wikipedia

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