Bad Reichenhall

Bad Reichenhall
Bad Reichenhall
Town
	Former town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Bad Reichenhall within Berchtesgadener Land district
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	Coordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°ECoordinates: 47°43′29″N 12°52′37″E / 47.72472°N 12.87694°E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Upper Bavaria
District	Berchtesgadener Land
Government
• Lord mayor	Herbert Lackner (CSU)
Area
• Total	39.44 km2 (15.23 sq mi)
Elevation	473 m (1,552 ft)
Population (2020-12-31)
• Total	18,530
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	83435
Dialling codes	08651
Vehicle registration	BGL (until 1979: REI)
Website	www.stadt-bad-reichenhall.de

Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and capital of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg, and encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps. Mount Staufen (1,771 metres (5,810 feet)) and Mount Zwiesel (1,781 metres (5,843 feet)) are both near Bad Reichenhall. 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 2 January 2006, when the roof of the town's ice rink collapsed under snow, killing 15 and injuring 34 others.

Ice rink disaster[change | change source]

Alte Saline (old salt refinery)

Fifteen people, twelve of them children, died in the collapse of the Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink on 2 January 2006. Thirty-four people were injured in the accident.^[2]