United Kingdom (2001) Culture and sights Museums Since 1989 Bad Rappenau has a museum showing the history of brine and bathing in the town. Notable buildings Next to the parish church there is the old town hall built in 1841 being the first one. Nearby the old town hall there is a fountain of 1928 having the inscription: Ruhe ist des Bürgers erste Pflicht - Im Wein liegt Wahrheit, im Wasser liegt Klarheit. - "The first citizen's duty is silence - In wine there is truth, in water there is clearness." In the town there is some old half-timbering, e. g. the Dominikanerhof. The station is a building of classicism in times of rail construction. On the urban cemetery lies Georg Christian Heinrich Rosentritt who discovered salt occurrences in 1822. There is also a war memorial. Parks Bad Rappenau has several parks at its disposal: the Schlosspark in the west around of the water castle and the Salinengarten including Hohenstadter Grund and Kurpark in the east. From April 25 to October 5, 2008, the Landesgartenschau of Baden-Württemberg took place in Bad Rappenau. One of the main attractions was the graduation tower. The three parks have been connected and upgraded by this event. Regular events Since 1977 and 1978 there is the Straßenfest respectively Stadtfest; also a spring festival takes place. Since the 1980s and 1990s there are different festivals in other parts of the town, e. g. the Herbstfest and the Schlosshoffest in Grombach, the Fischerfest in Heinsheim, the Schlossfest in Obergimpern, the Kelterfest in Wollenberg and the Martinimarkt in Zimmerhof. Also there is the lightning festival taking more than 10,000 visitors to Bad Rappenau and having big success. An open-air festival also takes place. Economy and infrastructure Traffic Bad Rappenau has a direct motorway point along the A 6 (Mannheim–Heilbronn). There is also the Bundesstraße B 39. Bad Rappenau station is situated at the Elsenz Valley Railway running from Bad Friedrichshall to Heidelberg. Public transport is managed by Heilbronner Hohenloher Haller Nahverkehr. Local businesses Some of the biggest businesses are: Kulimare Italian Restaurant. Mondi Bad Rappenau GmbH, producer of packaging ZIMA Apparate GmbH, producer of filter instruments Stahl Plast Kunststoffe GmbH & Co. Losberger Intertent GmbH, building constructor EOS KSI Inkasso Deutschland GmbH, demand and credit management Kraichgau-Klinik Bad Rappenau GmbH & Co.KG, rehabilitation centre of oncology Vulpius Klinik GmbH, orthopaedic hospital Kurklinik Bad Rappenau GmbH, management and business