{{Expand German|topic=geo|date=February 2009|Bad Herrenalb}}
{{Infobox German location |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Bad Herrenalb COA.svg |image_flag = DEU Bad Herrenalb Banner.svg |image_photo=Bad Herrenalb.jpg |coordinates = {{coord|48|48|2|N|8|26|27|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Bad Herrenalb in CW.svg |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Karlsruhe |district = Calw |elevation = 365 |area = 33.01 |postal_code = 76332 |area_code = 07083 |licence = CW |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 2 35 033 |website = [https://www.badherrenalb.de/ www.badherrenalb.de] |mayor = Klaus Hoffmann<ref>[https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019–27 }}
'''Bad Herrenalb''' ({{IPA|de|baːt ˈhɛʁənˌʔalp|-|De-Bad Herrenalb.ogg}}) is a town in the [[Calw (district)|district of Calw]], in [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]]. It is situated in the northern [[Black Forest]], 15 km east of [[Baden-Baden]], and 22 km southwest of [[Pforzheim]].
The town is connected to the city of [[Karlsruhe]] by the [[Albtalbahn]], an electric railway that forms part of the [[Karlsruhe Stadtbahn]]. Bad Herrenalb is the terminus of one of the branches of the Albtalbahn, which operates as line S1.<ref name=edsp93>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | date = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | page = 93}}</ref>
==History== The town grew up around [[Herrenalb Abbey|Alba Dominorum]], a [[Cistercian]] monastery founded in 1148. The monastery was later dissolved during the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]]. As early as 1841 Dr. J. Weiss established a cold water sanitarium which was later transformed into a water therapy institute with a sanitarium for nervous disorders. The sanitarium was further developed under the leadership of Councilor Dr. Mermagen.
Since 1954 Herrenalb is officially known as a “health resort.” In 1971 a 600 meter deep well was drilled into a mineral rich water source. With the exploitation of this source, Herrenalb officially appended the word “Bad” (German for bath) to its name on July 26, 1971.
On January 1 and February 1, 1972 the Rotensol and Neusatz were respectively incorporated into Bad Herrenalb. And finally, on January 1, 1975 Bernbach was likewise incorporated into the municipality.
==Mayors==
* 1962–1996: Robert Traub ([[Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands|CDU]]) * 1996–2004: Manfred Renz (born 1952), ([[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|GRÜNE]]) * 2004–2020: Norbert Mai * 2020–present: Klaus Hoffmann
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Bad Herrenalb}} * [http://www.badische-seiten.de/bilder/bad-herrenalb/ Bad Herrenalb: pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030033106/http://www.badische-seiten.de/bilder/bad-herrenalb/ |date=2010-10-30 }}
{{Cities and towns in Calw (district)}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Calw (district)]] [[Category:Spa towns in Germany]]