Bad Säckingen

Bad Säckingen
Town square

Coat of arms
Bad Säckingen
Location of Bad Säckingen within Waldshut district
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Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°57′E / 47.550°N 7.950°E / 47.550; 7.950Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°57′E / 47.550°N 7.950°E / 47.550; 7.950
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Waldshut
Government
 • Mayor Alexander Guhl (SPD)
Area
 • Total 25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi)
Elevation 291 m (955 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 17,195
 • Density 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 79701–79713
Dialling codes 07761
Vehicle registration WT
Website http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/

Bad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book Der Trompeter von Säckingen ("The Trumpeter of Säckingen"), a famous 19th-century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.

Geography

Bad Säckingen is located in the very southwest of Germany next to the Swiss border on the river Rhine. The city lies on the southern edge of the Black Forest area.

Nearby places

History

The history of the city dates back to the early 6th Century, when Saint Fridolin founded Säckingen Abbey and a church. Around 1200 most of the city was destroyed in a huge fire. Afterwards, construction began in the middle of the town on a Gothic cathedral, called the Fridolinsmünster, which can still be visited today.

Transport

People

Karl Agricola before 1834

Twin towns

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2017". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). 2018.

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