page_title: Bad Soden-Salmünster
section_title: Utilities
hierarchical_section_title: Bad Soden-Salmünster / Infrastructure / Utilities
caption_attribution_description: English: a view of Salmünster, Ortsteil of Bad Soden-Salmünster (Hesse, Germany) from the northwest with the wind farms in the Wächtersbach municipality
context_page_description: Bad Soden-Salmünster is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig, between Fulda and Hanau. It has a population of around 13,000.
context_section_description: At Ahl, the Kinzig is dammed by the Kinzigtalsperre, which serves both to control floods and to generate hydroelectric power.
  Like in other communities in the area, such as Biebergemünd, Flörsbachtal, Bad Orb and Jossgrund, there is currently controversy over plans to build additional towering wind farms on the wooded peaks. A number of these have already been built in the neighbouring town of Wächtersbach very close to the municipal boundary. Environmentalists and many locals reject these plans due to the destruction of forests and animal habitats, possible health risks to residents, as well as threats to local property values and, in particular, to the tourism business as a result of a declining attractiveness of the region to visitors. It is also questioned whether local winds are strong and constant enough to allow economical operation of the wind farms.
caption: A view of Salmünster with the wind farms located in the neighbouring Wächtersbach municipality
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