Baden

Former state of southwestern Germany, which had Karlsruhe as its capital. Baden was captured from the Romans in 282 by the Alemanni; later it became a margravate and, in 1806, a grand duchy. A state of the German empire 1871–1918, then a republic, and under Hitler a Gau (province), it was divided between the Länder of Württemberg-Baden and Baden in 1945 and in 1952 made part of Baden-Württemberg.

Baden

Town in Aargau canton, Switzerland, near Zürich, at an altitude of 388 m/1,273 ft; population (1990) 14,800. Its hot sulphur springs and mineral waters have been visited since Roman times.

The sulphur baths (the Aquae Helvetiae of the Romans) reach a temperature of 47°C/117°F. From the 15th to the 18th century it was the seat of the Swiss diet.