Bad Ems is one of the most famous bathing resorts in Germany. It is located on the river Lahn in the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The city reached its heyday in the 19th century, when many monarchs and other famous persons came to spend their time in Bad Ems. Then it was known as "Weltbad" (Bathing Resort of the World). Famous visitors were for example Richard Wagner, Nicholas I of Russia, Victor Hugo, Clara Schumann and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
In 1870 King Wilhelm I of Prussia spent the summer months Bad Ems. There the French ambassador came to him to demand the waiver of the House of Hohenzollern of the Spanish throne. Otto von Bismarck was informed by an internal telegram, which he modified and reduced and which he finally released to the press. The translation of this Ems Dispatch, Emser Depesche, caused indignation in France and resulted in the Franco-Prussian War in July 1870.
In 1876 Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Ems Ukaz, which prohibited the use of the Ukrainian language, during his stay in Bad Ems.
Today is Bad Ems as one of the Great Spas of Europe on the UNESCO Tentative List. Other cities which are part of the nomination are for example Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, Bad Ischl in Austria and Vichy in France. Altogether there are sixteen cities in seven countries part of the nomination.
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