Bad Homburg v.d.Höhe

Bad Homburg vor der Höhe at the foot of the Taunus mountains north of Frankfurt is one of Germany's most historically distinguished spa cities, whose bicarbonate saline springs attracted Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and Edward VII among countless other royals and aristocrats who made it a fixture of the international spa circuit in the late 19th century. The Kur Park, with its beautifully landscaped grounds of 44 hectares, Siamese temple, Russian chapel and Russian colony of villas, reflects the extraordinary cosmopolitan atmosphere of this resort at its aristocratic peak. Bad Homburg also claims the distinction of introducing the game of golf to Germany — the first golf club in the country was established here in 1899 by English spa visitors. Today the modern Taunus Therme spa complex and the historic Kaiser-Wilhelm-Bad both draw on the same bicarbonate saline springs, maintaining Bad Homburg's thermal tradition in both contemporary and historic settings.