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Baden-Baden , city (1994 pop. 52,710), Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, in the Black Forest. It is one of Europe's most fashionable spas; its manufactures include electronics and pharmaceuticals. The city has many parks, a large casino (built 1821-24), an opera house, and a modern and contemporary art museum. Baden-Baden was founded as a Roman garrison in the 3d cent. Its hot mineral springs were used by the Romans, and remains of Roman baths have been found in the city. It was the residence of the margraves of Baden until the early 18th cent.

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Baden‐Baden, Baden‐Württemberg/Germany Aquae Aureliae ‘Baths’ and to distinguish them from any other baths in Germany the town has an added Baden to show that it is in the state of Baden‐Württemberg, formerly the province of Baden and Württemberg. The Roman baths, named for the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161–80), were built some 35 years after his death for the military garrison in Strasbourg.

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