
Maria Himmelfahrt Church in Bad Wiessee.
'Bad Wiessee' is a
spa town on
Lake Tegernsee,
Bavaria,
Germany.The name Bad stands for "spa" or "baths", while Wiessee derives from "West See", meaning "western part of the lake".
Bad Wiessee is known for its healing sulfur-fountain. Because of its quiet and its situation at the north side of the
Alps many people spend their holidays there.
Bad Wiessee is also notorious as the scene of the key events within the
Night of the Long Knives,
June 30,
1934, when
Hitler and the
SS purged the leadership of the
SA, many of whom were staying at the resort.
External links
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The town of Bad-Wiessee - official web site.