population: 55,000
Altitude: 373 - 3343 feet
61% of the city's area are woodland
River through Baden-Baden: Oos
(flows into the Rhein River)
| ~8.000 b.C.: | First traces of human life in the Oos-Valley |
| 75-260 A.D.: | Roman settlement |
| after 1473: | Kaiser (emperor) Friedrich III. in Baden-Baden for a cure |
| 1689: | On August 24th the Great Fire reduced almost all of the town and the nearby castles to rubble. It took nearly a century to rebuild the town. |
| 1797: | European princes and diplomats discovered Baden-Baden's charms and a new era began. |
| 1810: | Opening of the Casino |
| 1838: | Edouard Bénazet took charge of the casino and with his ideas and initiative he managed to turn Baden-Baden into the "Summer Capital of Europe" within a very short time. |
| 1842: | H. Huebsch built the Trinkhalle (pump room) |
| 1858: | First International Horse Racing Meeting in Iffezheim near Baden-Baden |
| 1863-1875: | Fjodor Dostojewski, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Victor Hugo, Richard Wagner, Queen Victoria of England and Friedrich Nietzsche in Baden-Baden |
| 1945: | French troups marched into Baden-Baden |
| 1950: | First postwar season as a spa resort |
| 1968: | Official opening of the Convention Center |
| 1978: | Redevelopment of the old part
of the town
The pedestrian precincts were extended |
| 1985: | Opening of the Caracalla-Therme |
| 1998: | Opening of the Festspielhaus |