History of Baden overview

ca. 50 AD: Foundation of the Roman bath Aquae

869: Padun - Palatinate of the king's son Karlmann

1341: Baden receives a market right

1459: Baden receives the Heurigen privilege

1480: Baden receives its town charter

1529 & 1683: Destruction in the Ottoman Wars

1718: Construction of the plague column

1750: First theatre building

1792: Kurpark

1796 - 1834: Summer residence of the emperor

1812: Town fire - reconstruction in the Biedermeier style

1916 - 1918: Austro-Hungarian Army High Command

1945 - 1955: High Command of the Soviet occupation zone of Austria