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1. Former state of SW 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
Lander of Wurttemberg-Baden and Baden in 1945
and in 1952 made part of Baden-Wurttemberg.
2. Town in Aargau canton, Switzerland,
near Zurich; at an altitude of 388 m/1,273
ft; population (1981) 23,140. Its hot sulphur
springs and mineral waters have been visited
since Roman times.