DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk: Freiburg
Landkreis: Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis

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Bad Dürrheim is situated at an elevation of 733 m in a basin of the river Baar in southwestern Baden-Württemberg. The town has a population of about 12,700 (2004).

The earliest written mention of Durroheim is found in a document of 889 AD. Later documents mention the names Diureheim and Diere. The latter version of the name is actually still used in the local dialect. Around 1300 the place was in possession of the commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Villingen. In 1806 Dürrheim became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

A subterranean salt deposit was discovered in 1822. From 1823 until 1972 the saline which contains about 27% of salt was used for the production of table salt. Since 1883 the saline was also used for therapeutic purposes. In 1921 the town was recognized as a spa and the prediacte 'Bad' was added to the name of the municipality. In 1974 Bad Dürrheim obtained the status of a city, in 1976 it was officially recognized as a climatic spa and in 1985 it was awarded the predicate 'saline spa'.

Glass no. 3583 [near left] shows a view of the Heilanstalt (sanatorium) Hirschhalde. The building was created in 1910 as a spa hotel, which, however, went bankrupt just a year later. In 1920 it was purchased by the Landesversicherungsanstalt Baden (State Insurance Company of Baden) which aadpted it as a sanatorium for lung diseases. As such it remained in use up until the 1980s. Until 1986 it was used by the 'Nonprofit Society for Rehabilitation'. After 1990 it was used, for a short period, as a temporary home for late repatriates. Since 1993 it used as a seniors residence.
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