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Bad Staffelstein(Bavaria)
Germany or the Federal Republic of Germany is located in Central Europe with Berlin as its capital city. The German language was once the lingua franca of central, eastern and northern Europe. It is a member state of the United Nations, NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the G8, Group of 8, and the G4, Group of 4, nations, and is a founding member of the European Union. It is the European Union's most populous and most economically powerful member state. Germany is one of the largest European economies and the third largest economy in the world in real terms.
Bad Staffelstein is a small town in the Bavarian Administrative Region of Upper Franconia. It is known for the beautiful landscape that surrounds it, which has been given the name Gottesgarten am Obermain or Eden on the Upper Main. It contains many landmarks, such as the Vierzehnheiligen Basilica designed by Balthasar Neumann, the former monastery of Banz Abbey, now Banz Castle, and the 540 meter high Staffelberg. Most recently, it has been the thermal salt water spa, for which the town received the title, Bad, in 2001, that has made Staffelstein a tourist attraction.
It consists of two boroughs namely Kaider, which is known for its stone industry, as well as for St. Mary's Chapel and Schwabthal, which lies 7 kilometer east of Bad Staffelstein and is known for the Reha Hospital of the German Pension Fund Berlin and for its cuisine, the Schwabthaler Sports Club, SSV, the town is also known for the Brick Oven Festival, with its Franconian specialties, that occurs there every August.
Bad Staffelstein other attractions are the Museum of the Town of Bad Staffelstein, the Town Hall, a three-story Franconian half-timbered house and the Bamberg Tower or Stadtturm. It hosts events like Staffelsteiner Autofrühling in March, Songs an einem Sommerabend in July, Altstadtfest at the end of July and Obermain-Marathon in April.
It has a few Clubs like Colloquium Historicum Wirsbergense e.V., Bezirksgruppe Bad Staffelstein or the history club, TSV 1860 Staffelstein or the sports club, Musikverein Uetzing-Serkendorf or the music club and Kultur-Initiative-Staffelstein e.V. or the art and culture club.
Tourism in Germany has expanded since the end of World War II, and many tourists visit Germany to experience a sense of European history. The countryside exhibits a pastoral aura, while its cities exhibit both a modern and classical feel.
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