Bad Säckingen
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Town square | ||
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  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°ECoordinates: 47°33′N 7°57′E / 47.550°N 7.950°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Freiburg | |
| District | Waldshut | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alexander Guhl (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 16,376 | |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 79701–79713 | |
| Dialling codes | 07761 | |
| Vehicle registration | WT | |
| Website | http://www.facebook.com/saeckingen | |
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 "The Trumpeteer 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
- Close (<15 km): Wallbach, Wehr (Baden), Murg am Hochrhein, Laufenburg (Baden), Stein AG, Rheinfelden (Schweiz), Rheinfelden (Baden), Rickenbach (Hotzenwald)
- Further away (>15 km): Waldshut-Tiengen, Schopfheim, Lörrach, Basel, Brugg AG, Aarau AG, Zürich, Schaffhausen SH, St. Blasien, Todtmoos, Freiburg i.Br., Konstanz.
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
- Wolfgang Burger, crime author
- Thomas Körner, comic artist
- Joseph Victor von Scheffel, author of the book "Der Trompeter von Säckingen"
Twin towns
- Sanary-sur-Mer, France (1973)
- Purkersdorf, Austria (1973)
- Nagai, Yamagata, Japan (1983)
- Santeramo, Italy (1983)
- Näfels, Switzerland (1988)
References
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bad Säckingen. |
Media related to Bad Säckingen at Wikimedia Commons
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