Bad Rodach

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Bad Rodach

Total population

6,336

Air quality index

45Good

Elevation320 m

Land area77.65 km²

Coordinates50.34°, 10.78°

Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bad Rodach is a town in the district of Coburg, in Upper Franconia, a north Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, Germany. It is situated 10 km southeast of Hildburghausen, and 17 km northwest of Coburg. Since 1999 the city has been a spa-resort and is reported to have the warmest thermal spring in the North of Bavaria.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Christian Friedrich Hornschuch

German botanist (1793-1850)

Friedrich Konrad Müller

German poet (1823-1881)

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Ernst Friedrich Karl Rosenmüller

German Orientalist and theologian (1768-1835)

Johann Christian Rosenmüller

German scientist

Johann Georg Rosenmüller

German theologian

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Johann Reusch

German composer

Hermann Hahn

German sculptor (1868-1945)

Friedrich Wilhelm Eugen Döll

German sculptor

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Eduard Fritze

German architect and politician (1849-1926)

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Erich Scharf

German politician (1908-1943)

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Ruprecht von Butler

German officer, most recently major general of the Bundeswehr

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Johann Christoph Wiegleb

organ builder

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Max-Albert Lorenz

German politician and sculptor (1886-1976)

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Peter von Butler

German military official (1913-2010)

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Rudi Brehm

German trade unionist (1924–1997)

Wilhelm Mühlfeld

German composer (1851-1912)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Bayern

• Oeslau
  11.8 mi away
• Lichtenfels
  18.5 mi away · pop. 20,169
• Trieb
  20.9 mi away
• Klosterlangheim
  21.7 mi away · pop. 380
• Mellrichstadt
  21.8 mi away
• Obersdorf
  22 mi away
• Paßmühle r. d. Baches
  22.4 mi away
• Theisenort
  23.8 mi away
• Lahm
  23.9 mi away
• Bad Neustadt an der Saale
  24.8 mi away · pop. 16,179
• Baunach
  24.8 mi away · pop. 4,013
• Ostheim vor der Rhön
  25.4 mi away · pop. 3,425

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-06-21

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Seen 2026-06-21

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-06-21

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-06-21

Heath Fritillary

Melitaea athalia

Seen 2026-06-20

Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

Seen 2026-06-20

Common Clubtail

Gomphus vulgatissimus

Seen 2026-06-19

Scots pine

Pinus sylvestris

Seen 2026-06-18

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-06-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Bad Rodach, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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