the hotels are leased by Dorint. In the first decade of the 20th century, the town, rebuilt after the fire, began to imitate the success of the spa. Three wells were discovered, the town and a group of citizens created two parks. In the administrative reform of 1970, the Staatsbad became part of the town and all of Brückenau was granted the official title "Bad". Culture and Sights Museums Heimatmuseum: in the town centre, this gives an impression of daily life in Brückenau in the 18th and 19th centuries. German Bicycle-Museum Music Bayerisches Kammerorchester Kurorchester Architecture Großer Kursaal: the Großer Kursaal was planned in 1827 by the Munich architect Johann Gottfried Gutensohn and built by the Brückenau master builder Lorenz Hergenröder. Its neoclassical style influenced the historicist architecture of spas all over southern Germany. Altstadt: the old town hosts buildings including historic pubs and inns dating back to the 16th century. Kloster Volkersberg: the former Franciscan monastery dating back to the 17th century is in Volkers and looks towards some of the Rhön Mountains. Mayors 1998-2010: Thomas Ullmann 2010-2020: Brigitte Meyerdierks (CSU) since 2020: Jochen Vogel Town twinning Bad Brückenau is twinned with: - Kirkham, Lancashire (since 1995) - Ancenis, Loire-Atlantique (since 1980) Notable people :de:Ernst Putz (1896-1933), member of parliament of the communist party, in 1933 murdered by the Nazis :de:David Schuster (1910-1999), businessman, member of the Bavarian Senate and chairman of the Jewish Community of Würzburg and Lower Franconia Johann Altfuldisch, also Hans Altfuldisch (1911-1947, executed), Obersturmführer and temporarily deputy head of a central part of the Mauthausen concentration camp Gerda Müller (born 1944), jurist, vice-president of the Federal Court of Justice 2005-2009 References Bad Kissingen (district) Spa towns in Germany