Bad Salty
Bad Salzig is one of ten districts in the city of Boppard on the left bank of the Rhine. On the right side of the Rhine opposite the hostile brothers Burg Liebenstein and Burg Sterrenberg tower high above the Rhine. Until December 31, 1975 Bad Salzig was an independent municipality. Bad Salzig is located on the historic Roman road that ran along the Rhine from Mainz via Koblenz to Cologne. A place Salissone appears on a Roman station directory from 215, but it is unclear whether it is really today's Bad Salzig. In 1859 two milestones from the Roman Empire (3rd century) were pulled from the Rhine, which are now in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn. A place called Salzachu, mentioned in a deed of donation from King Conrad I to the St. Ursula monastery (confirmed by Hermann 1., Archbishop of Cologne, 922) is generally recognized as the first documentary mention. The places around Boppard remained free for the next few centuries before they were confiscated by King Henry VII, who handed them over to his brother, Archbishop Balduin von Trier, in 1327. At the end of the 15th century there were unsuccessful revolts against the rule of the Electorate of Trier. Salzig suffered damage from foreign rule during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), when Louis XIV's troops invaded the Rhineland (1688/89) and during the Napoleonic period (1794-1814). After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the history of Salzig generally coincided with that of the Prussian Rhine Province (1822). In particular, the opening of the spa in 1907 is a landmark for the development of the place. The salty-sulfur springs had been known since the 18th century, but only Captain Theodor Hoffmann, who had acquired the site in 1899, managed to drill them. After several attempts, thermal water at a temperature of 28 ° C was obtained at a depth of 449m. However, Salzig has only had the addition of "bath" since 1925. Since 2003, a memorial has been placed on the initiator of the bath at the entrance to the spa gardens. On December 31, 1975 Bad Salzig was incorporated into the new municipality of Boppard. Like other places in the Middle Rhine Valley, Bad Salzig has to cope with a sharp decline in population, from the peak in 1973 with 3,424 inhabitants, the number of inhabitants is now below 2,500. Source: Text information board