service, the BKW (Bad Wildunger Kraftwagenverkehrs- und Wasserversorgungsgesellschaft mbH), which is also responsible for the municipal water supply. Media The regional daily newspapers are the Waldeckische Landeszeitung and the Waldeckische Allgemeine, a local edition of the Hessisch-Niedersächsische-Allgemeine. Spa Wildungen is a therapeutic spa with springs that bring forth water containing iron, magnesium and carbonic acid ("sparkling" or "carbonated"). The times when visitors would "partake of the waters" are somewhat bygone now. More at the fore of medical rehabilitation nowadays are orthopaedics, psychosomatic illness treatment, internal medicine, rheumatology, neurology, oncology and urology. Institutions for gerontological care (retirement homes, nursing homes) are also important services. The yearly number of overnight stays in Bad Wildungen is roughly 1.4 million (2002), making Bad Wildungen second only to Frankfurt among Hessian towns and cities with the most overnight stays. Education In Bad Wildungen, alongside several primary schools are a school for students with learning difficulties (Mathias-Bauer-Schule), a Hauptschule-Realschule (Ense-Schule) and a Gymnasium (Gustav-Stresemann-Gymnasium). Vocational education is done through the Hans-Viessmann-Schule. The Berufsakademie Bad Wildungen offers the choice of a dual course of study alternating between theoretical and practical phases. Among the subjects offered are computer science and tourism. Firefighting Bad Wildungen maintains a voluntary fire department, as do all of its villages, except for Albertshausen. Hüddingen and Frebershausen maintain a joint fire department. Personalities Sons and daughters of the town Wilhelm Dilich (but possibly born in Wabern), engraver Ludwig Wolff (1892-1975), German scholar Gerhard Schröder (television executive) (1921-2012), broadcasting director Wolfgang Roth (born 1939), psychologist Renate Blume (born 1944 in Bad Wildungen), German actress Pantha du Prince (born 1975), techno musician, composer and conceptual artist Carolin Schäfer (born 1991), German heptathlete Other persons connected with the town Philipp Nicolai (born 1556 in Bad Arolsen-Mengeringhausen, died 26 October 1608 in Hamburg), songwriter and Lutheran court chaplain in Alt-Wildungen. Master of the Netz Altar Triptych, (14th century), Gothic painter Christoph Scheibler, philosopher and theologian Emil Jannings (born July 23, 1884, in Rorschach; † 2 January 1950 in Strobl), actor ("The Blue Angel") Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, (1889-1962) general and last Afrika Korps' commander died in Bad Wildungen. Gerhard Franz (born February 26, 1902, in Bobeck, Thuringia; † December 24, 1975 in Bad Wildungen), Major General The Wildunger Kurmuseum lists the town's many doctors, some of whom have become world-famous. Twin towns Bad Wildungen is twinned with the English town of Saffron Walden in the county of Essex. References