Bad Ems

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Bad Ems
Town
A Water tower built in Bad Ems in 1907
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bad Ems within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Bad Ems Show map of Germany Bad Ems Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°20′17″N 7°42′38″E / 50.33806°N 7.71056°E / 50.33806; 7.71056
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Ems-Nassau
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Oliver Krügel[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	15.36 km2 (5.93 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	9,936
• Density	650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56130
Dialling codes	02603
Vehicle registration	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Website	www.vgben.de
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Criteria	Cultural: (ii)(iii)
Reference	1613
Inscription	2021 (44th Session)

Bad Ems (German: [baːt ɛms] ^ⓘ) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Rhein-Lahn rural district and is well known as a spa on the river Lahn. Bad Ems was the seat of Bad Ems collective municipality, which has been merged into the Bad Ems-Nassau collective municipality. The town has around 9,000 inhabitants.

In 2021, the town became part of the transnational UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Great Spa Towns of Europe", because of its famous hot springs and 18-20th century architecture bearing testimony to the popularity of spa resorts in Europe during that time.^[3][4]