Book "Wiesbaden in one day"

In the middle of the 19th century, with just over 2,000 inhabitants, hardly more than a somewhat large village, Wiesbaden experienced an explosive development between 1850 and 1910 into a big city. As the "Nice of the North", the city became the center of European bathing tourism, its spa building with the casino gained legendary reputation. Barely destroyed in the war, Wiesbaden today is considered the capital of historicism  architecture with its boulevards and residential areas. The Hessian capital has the oldest Grand Hotel and the oldest water-powered funicular railway.