Editing Wiesbaden (section)

===Notable visitors===
*In the 19th century, visitors to the Wiesbaden's famous hot springs included [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] and [[Johannes Brahms]]. Brahms' [[Symphony No. 3 (Brahms)|Symphony No. 3]] (Op. 90) was composed in Wiesbaden in the summer of 1883.
*[[Washington Roebling]], chief engineer of the [[Brooklyn Bridge]], came to Wiesbaden—along with his wife, [[Emily Warren Roebling]]—in 1873, hoping that the warm springs would ameliorate the effects of the decompression sickness he suffered as a result of working in caissons of the bridge.<ref>Wagner, Erica, ''Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge'', New York, Bloomsbury, 2017, p.191ff</ref>
*Russian author [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]], who suffered from an acute gambling compulsion, allegedly lost his travelling money in Wiesbaden's ''Spielbank'' casino in 1865. The experience became the inspiration of his 1866 novel [[The Gambler (novel)|The Gambler]] (Russian Игрок), set in the fictitious place "Roulettenburg". Some historians have disputed this account, saying that [[Bad Homburg]] was the location for Dostoevsky's real-life misfortune.
*Wiesbaden's Bowling Green has been very popular in recent years since various open-air concerts have been held there by artists like [[Elton John]] (2009, 2011 & 2019), [[Rod Stewart]] (2009), [[Eric Clapton]] (2008), [[R.E.M.]] (2003), [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] (2001), [[Bryan Adams]] (2000), [[Simply Red]] (1999), [[José Carreras]] (1992), and [[Luciano Pavarotti]] (1993). [[Lionel Richie]] and [[Plácido Domingo]] (2nd time in Wiesbaden) have also performed there.