class. Architecture: There are spa quarter, quarters with villas, areas for business and care, gardens and parks with a smooth transition into the surrounding landscape Infrastructure and supply: Despite the small number of inhabitants, a "Weltbad" offered the guests all the contemporary comfort, which was not even common in all major cities. These include good transport connections, communication facilities (such as telegraphy and telephone on the latest state of the art), luxury goods offer, differentiated hotel and gastronomy as well as state-of-the-art technology for energy supply, water supply and sanitation. Geography Subdivision In addition to the main town of Bad Kissingen, its districts include (with population numbers given in brackets, as of 1 January 2011): Albertshausen (624) Arnshausen (1,244) Bad Kissingen (11,003) Garitz (4,557) Hausen (1,704) Kleinbrach (375) Poppenroth (876) Reiterswiesen (2,103) Winkels (1,378) Governance Mayors Franz Meinow (1910–1947): 1945–1946 Franz Rothmund (1873–1954): 1946–1947 Karl Fuchs (1881–1972): 1947–1952 Hans Weiß (1919–2008): 1952–1984 Georg Straus (1926–2014): 1984–1990 Christian Zoll (1941–2017): 1990–2002 Karl Heinz Laudenbach (born 1957): 2002–2008 Kay Blankenburg (born 1957): 2008–2020 Dirk Vogel (born 1977): since 2020 Town Council The Council of Bad Kissingen (2020–2026), elected on 15 March 2020: The mayor Dirk Vogel (Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD) 9 members of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU) 6 members of the (SPD) 4 members of the Demokratische Bürger Kissingen (DBK, local group) 3 members of the Freie Wähler party, (Free voters) 4 members of the Bürger für Umwelt (BfU) /Alliance 90/The Greens /ödp 2 members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) 1 member of the Left Party 1 member of the Zukunft Bad Kissingen (local group) In May 2020, three members of the CSU changed to DBK. Since then, the CSU has had 6 members in the town council, the DBK seven. Twin towns – sister cities Bad Kissingen is twinned with: Eisenstadt, Austria (1978) Massa, Italy (1960) Vernon, France (1960) Arts and culture Museums Bismarck-Museum in the Obere Saline (upper saltworks) Permanent exhibition: Jewish life in the former Jewish school Cardinal-Döpfner-Museum in Hausen Music The classical music festival Kissinger Sommer with participation of internationally well known orchestras and soloists is a highlight of the cultural calendar. Kissinger Piano Olympics (Klavierolymp), a competition of young pianistes, related to the Kissinger Sommer, is held in autumn. Another music festival called the Kissinger Winterzauber takes place each winter. The national German brass band contest has been hosted in Bad