Bad Aibling

Hofberg. Engraving by Matthäus Merian, 1644.

Bad Aibling and its surroundings were settled by Celtic tribes from about 500 BC until 15 BC. After Roman occupation, it was finally settled by Bavarii tribes in the 5th century AD. In 804 Bad Aibling was mentioned for the first time as "Epininga".

In mediaeval times, it was an administrative centre in the lordship of the Counts of Falkenstein. In 1166 it was mentioned in the Codex diplomaticus Falkensteinensis as "Aibilingen". After the obliteration of the Neuburg-Falkenstein dynasty, it became part of the realm of the Wittelsbach family.

In 1845 the first treatments with peat pulp were offered by the physician Desiderius Beck. Bad Aibling received the title "Bad" (spa or springs) in 1895.

In the year 1933, Bad Aibling officially became a town. After the Second World War, Bad Aibling was the site of POW Discharge Center #26, where German POWs were released from captivity to civilian status. In 1946, a DP camp housing former members of the Royal Yugoslav Army was set up on the grounds of the town's airbase. The camp was first operated by UNRRA, and later by the IRO. From 1948 onwards, the area was home to the IRO Children's Village, a DP camp for unaccompanied children and youth belonging to more than 20 nationalities. Over 2,300 inhabitants passed through this facility (the largest of its kind in the US Zone) before it was closed in late 1951.[3] Later, the area evolved into a major centre for intelligence organizations and secret services.

In 2005 the American Bad Aibling ECHELON station (Field Station 81) closed after several decades of operation. After the departure of the NSA, parts of the station have been used by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), with NSA employees moving to the Mangfall barracks.[4] The radomes are still used intensively.[5] The station is used in cooperation with the NSA, which provides the BND with search terms (such as email addresses), which then forwards the results back to the NSA.[6][7][8][9]

The Thermae opened in 2007, complementing the traditional peat pulp baths with mineral water (Desiderius-Quelle). In the same year, the historical Ludwigsbad spa hotel, the nucleus of Bad Aibling's health resort business, burned down due to arson.

On 9 February 2016, a serious railway accident occurred near the town when two passenger trains collided, causing 11 fatalities.

The town of Bad Aibling, with about 18,000 inhabitants, is at 498 m (1,634 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 41.55 km² (16 sq mi).

Bad Aibling consists of the neighborhoods (Stadtteile) of Abel, Adlfurt, Bad Aibling Mitte, Berbling, Ellmosen, Fachendorf, Gröben, Harthausen, Haslach, Heimathsberg, Heinrichsdorf, Holzhausen, Köckbrunn, Markfeld, Mietraching, Mitterham, Moos, Natternberg, Thalacker, Thürham, Unterheufeld, Weg, Westen, Westerham, Willing, and Zell.

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  Glonn river in downtown
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  Kirchzeile with Hofberg
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  Obere Kirchzeile
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  "Klein Venedig" (Little Venice)
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  Peat mining in the Schuhbräu-Filze
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  Inner Rosenheimer Straße
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  St. Sebastian's church
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  ECHELON station
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  ECHELON station
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  ECHELON station
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  ECHELON station
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  Theresienmonument
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  Italian style central cemetery
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  Water through the town
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  Bahnhofstrasse-Sedanstrasse
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  View to a street: die Bahnhofstrasse
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  View from the Klafferer to Hofberg

In Bad Aibling there are several large spa hotels and rehabilitation hospitals that rely on peat pulp as a basic treatment. Additionally, in 2007 the new thermae were opened.

Bad Aibling has been twinned with

• Cavaion Veronese, Italy, since 2006.

Wilhelm Leibl Self-portrait at the age of 18

• Julian Weigl – (born 1995), German footballer for Sport Lisboa e Benfica
• Eleonore Baur – (1885–1981), also known as Sister Pia, a senior Nazi figure
• Desiderius Beck – (c. 1804–c. 1877), was a Bavarian court physician. In 1845, he opened the first Bavarian brine and peat mud baths in Bad Aibling in Rose Street, later Ludwig bathroom.
• Eduard Dietl – (1890–1944), German general of World War II
• Amelie Kober – (born 1987), German Federal Police officer and Olympic medalist in snowboarding
• Wilhelm Leibl – (1844–1900), German realist painter of portraits and scenes of peasant life
• Johann Sperl – (1840–1914), German painter
• Friedrich Meggendorfer – (1880–1953), German psychiatrist and neurologist
• Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger (1820-1901), General of Infantry of Bavarian Army
• Franz Osten (1876-1956), German film director, who lived after the Second World War in the town
• Klaus Wennemann (1940-2000), actor

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bad Aibling.

• Official website
• The health and cure administration
• Bad Aibling RSOC (Regional SIGINT Operation Center) Photos