Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, at the foot of the Taunus, is one of the most famous of German spas, and has also developed into an important congress and conference center. In its beautiful Kurpark are hot chalybeate saline springs which are used in the treatment of gastric, intestinal and gall-bladder diseases and metabolic disorders.
24km/15mi northwest of Bad Homburg is the Grosser Feldberg (880m/2,887ft), the highest peak in the Taunus. On top of the hills rises a 70m/230ft high telecommunications tower. On the Kleiner Feldberg (827m/2,713ft) is an outlook tower (views extending over the Spessart and the Odenwald).
The Taunus Baths in Bad Homburg, in a style showing Far Eastern influence, were opened in 1984. They occupy the site of an earlier spa establishment which was burned down in 1983.
The facilities also include saunas, solariums, steam bath, and whirlpools.
Address: Taunus Thermal Baths, Werner Wicker KG Seedammweg, D-61352 Bad Homburg, Germany
On the north side of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Promenade in Bad Homburg, which runs parallel to Louisenstrasse, is the Kurpark (44 hectares/110 acres), an English-style landscaped park laid out by P. J. Lenné in 1854, with the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Bad, several carbonic mineral springs, the Siamese Temple and beautiful gardens and clumps of trees.
In Neu-Anspach, northwest of the Saalburg, can be found the Hessenpark open-air museum, with typical old Hessian peasants' and craftsmen's houses. Some of the workshops are occupied by working craftsmen. There are a variety of exhibitions and other events.
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Grosser Feldberg, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Saalburg - Roman Fort, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Bad Homburg - Kurpark, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Grosser Feldberg, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Saalburg - Roman Fort, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Bad Homburg - Kurpark, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
Bad Homburg - Landgraves Castle, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe
