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During the war, Baden served as a temporary seat of the Austro-Hungarian high command. A new casino in 1934 made the town the premier resort throughout Austria. [citation needed] The Château Weilburg was destroyed during World War II. After World War II, Baden served as the headquarters of Soviet forces within occupied Austria until 1955.
After World War II, many Austrians sought comfort in the myth of Austria as being the first victim of the Nazis. [4] Although the Nazi Party was promptly banned, Austria did not have the same thorough process of denazification that was imposed on post-war Germany.
Baden bei Wien is a spa town in Austria. In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name 'Great Spas of Europe'. The celebrity of Baden dates back to the days of the Romans, some ruins are still visible.
- Baden, Austria
Baden was terribly devastated during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), and the towns of Pforzheim, Durlach, and Baden were destroyed during the expansionist wars waged by Louis XIV of France in the late 17th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Baden, spa, eastern Austria. It lies along the Schwechat River, at the eastern edge of the Wiener Forest, south of Vienna. Settled in prehistoric times, it was a Roman watering place, or aquae, and was recorded in 869 as the seat of a Frankish imperial palace.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Alongside ten other important spa towns, the Great Spa Towns of Europe, Baden near Vienna has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 2021 - as a testimony to the rich spa culture that has decisively shaped Europe's cultural history.
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The Kaiser-Franz-Josef Museum north of the Kurpark houses a large collection of Habsburg memorabilia, armour from the past four centuries and some interesting references to the 30 Years′ War, for which some crucial moves were made in Baden. As far as Habsburg-worshipping goes in Austria, this is among the more interesting places and worth seeing.
