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Bad Steben, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germanyi
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Bad StebenTown
Hof DistrictDistrict
Upper FranconiaAdministrative District
BavariaState
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Bird's eye view of the Lichtenberg-Bad Steben copper-fluorite mining area, ca. 1910.

Bad Steben, Hof District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bad Steben3,640 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
72985
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72985:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bad Steben, Arrondissement de Hof, District de Haute-Franconie, Bavière, Allemagne
German:
Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Oberfranken, Bayern, Deutschland
Italian:
Bad Steben, Circondario di Hof, Distretto dell'Alta Franconia, Baviera, Germania
Russian:
Бад-Штебен, Хоф, Верхняя Франкония, Бавария, Германия
Simplified Chinese:
巴特施泰本, 霍夫县, 上弗兰肯行政区, 巴伐利亚, 德国
Spanish:
Bad Steben, Distrito de Hof, Alta Franconia, Baviera, Alemania
Arabic:
باد شتيبن, منطقة هوف, فرانكونيا العليا, بافاريا, ألمانيا
Armenian:
Բադ Շթեբեն, Հոֆ, Վերին Ֆրանկոնիա, Բավարիա, Գերմանիա
Basque:
Bad Steben, Frankonia Garaia, Bavaria, Alemania
Cebuano:
Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Alemanya
Czech:
Bad Steben, Zemský okres Hof, Horní Franky, Bavorsko, Německo
Danish:
Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Oberfranken, Bayern, Tyskland
Dutch:
Bad Steben, Landkreis Hof, Regierungsbezirk Oberfranken, Beieren, Duitsland
Esperanto:
Bad Steben, Distrikto Hof, Supra Frankonio, Bavario, Germanio
Farsi/Persian:
باد اشتبن, هوف, فرانکن علیا, بایرن, آلمان
Hungarian:
Bad Steben, Hof járás, Felső-Frankföld, Bajorország, Németország
Indonesian:
Bad Steben, Hof, Oberfranken, Bayern, Jerman
Japanese:
バート・シュテーベン, ホーフ郡, オーバーフランケン, バイエルン州, ドイツ
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Бад-Штебен, Хоф, Бавария, Германия
Kyrgyz:
Бад-Штебен, Бавария, Германия
Latin:
Bad Steben, Bavaria, Germania
Lombard:
Bad Steben, Hof, Alta Francònia, Baviera, Germania
Malay:
Bad Steben, Hof, Bavaria, Jerman
Polish:
Bad Steben, Powiat Hof, Górna Frankonia, Bawaria, Niemcy
Portuguese:
Bad Steben, Hof, Alta Francónia, Baviera, Alemanha
Romanian:
Bad Steben, Hof, Franconia Superioară, Bavaria, Germania
Serbian:
Бад Штебен, Горња Франконија, Баварска, Њемачка
Serbo-Croatian:
Bad Steben, Gornja Frankonija, Bavarska, Njemačka
Ukrainian:
Бад-Штебен, Гоф, Верхня Франконія, Баварія, Німеччина
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Bad Steben, Hof, Bavariya, Germaniya
Vietnamese:
Bad Steben, Hof, Oberfranken, Bayern, Đức
Volapük:
Bad Steben, Bayän, Deutän
Waray:
Bad Steben, Hof, Bayern, Alemanya


Bad Steben is a market town in the district of Hof in Bavaria in Germany. In 2007, Bad Steben celebrated its 175th anniversary as a Bavarian State Spa.

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Group 9 - Silicates
Chrysotile9.00.Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Unclassified
'Fayalite-Forsterite Series'-
'Glaskopf'-

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HHydrogen
H ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
OOxygen
O ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
O Fayalite-Forsterite Series
MgMagnesium
Mg ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Mg Fayalite-Forsterite Series
SiSilicon
Si ChrysotileMg3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si Fayalite-Forsterite Series
FeIron
Fe Fayalite-Forsterite Series

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Wikidata ID:Q522305

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