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Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach , city (1994 pop. 42,960), Rhineland-Palatinate, W Germany, on the Nahe River. Its manufactures include optical instruments, tires, machinery, and leather. Bad Kreuznach was probably settled in the Stone Age. Its radioactive salt baths have been frequented since Roman times, when it was a garrison town.

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Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland‐Palatinate/Germany The present name is a development of Cruciniacum, the Latin name for a Carolingian palace in the time of Louis I the Pious (778–840), Holy Roman Emperor (814–40). Ceded to Prussia in 1815, it became a popular spa town, hence the additional Bad.

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