Bad Kreuznach-Land
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The German Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Kreuznach-Land includes the villages of Volxheim, Hackenheim, Tiefenthal, Pleitersheim, Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, Biebelsheim, Neu-Bamberg, Frei-Laubersheim and Fürfeld. These villages lie south of the town of Bad Kreuznach. The entire municipality is 48 square kilometers large and has 8000 inhabitants. As of 2004, the current mayor of Bad Kreuznach is Peter Frey from the SPD (Social-Democratic Party of Germany), who won the municipal election of June 13, 2004.
Tourist attractions
The town of Bad Kreuznach is the home of the following tourist attractions:
- The Pauluskirche, or St. Paul's Church, where Karl Marx was married (to Jenny von Westphalen) in 1843.
- The Kurhaus (built 1913) is a hotel and bath house.
- The Dr-Faust-Haus (built 1507) was the home of Johann Georg Faust, the alchemist on whom the Faust tale is based.
- Kreuznacher wine is well known.