on May 12, 1942. In addition, during World War II Adolf Hitler had a command complex in nearby Langenhain-Ziegenberg called Adlerhorst, "the Eagle's Nest" (not to be confused with Kehlsteinhaus of Obersalzberg, which was never referred to as "the Eagle's Nest" by the Nazis). On March 29, 1945, Bad Nauheim was occupied by troops from the Third Army. It was used as a residential area for American occupation forces after World War II. Despite its proximity to Frankfurt am Main and Hitler's command complex, Bad Nauheim was totally spared from Allied bombing. American occupants from that time were told that President Roosevelt had loved the town so much from his days there that he ordered it spared. Elvis Presley lived in Bad Nauheim from 1958 to 1960 while in the U.S. Army. At the time, he was assigned to the 1st Medium Tank Battalion, 32d Armor, 3d Armored Division, at Ray Barracks near Friedberg. Since 2002, Bad Nauheim has hosted an annual Elvis festival. Other famous people who have stayed in the town include Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata – founder of Tata Group of Companies (he died in Bad Nauheim on 19 May 1904 aged 82), the Irish novelist and man of letters Patrick Sheehan holidayed at the Hotel Augusta Victoria in Bad Nauheim 6–23 September 1904, Franklin D. Roosevelt (as a boy, FDR had been taken for several extended visits to Bad Nauheim where his father underwent the water cure for his heart condition), the Saudi Arabian football team during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, General George S. Patton, who celebrated his sixtieth birthday in the grand ballroom of the Grand Hotel and Albert Kesselring, Nazi General who died there in 1960. Education Freie Waldorfschule Wetterau Ernst-Ludwig-Schule (Gymnasium) St. Lioba Gymnasium (Gymnasium) Stadtschule an der Wilhelmskirche (Grund- und Hauptschule) Stadtschule Am Solgraben (Haupt- und Realschule) Mayors 1945–1948: Adolf Bräutigam (SPD) 1948–1954: Krafft-Helmut Voss (independent) 1954–1960: Fritz Geißler (FDP) 1960–1981: Herbert Schäfer (SPD) 1981–1993: Bernd Rohde (CDU) 1993–1999: Peter Keller (SPD) 2000–2005: Bernd Rohde (CDU) 2005–2011: Bernd Witzel (UWG) 2011-2017: Armin Häuser (CDU) since September 2017: Klaus Kreß (independent) Popular culture The novel The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford (published 1915) is set in part at Bad Nauheim. Twin towns – sister cities Bad Nauheim is twinned with: Bad Langensalza, Germany Buxton, England, United Kingdom Chaumont, France Oostkamp, Belgium The Sprudelhof The Sprudelhof is recognized as the largest center of