Bad Säckingen

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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Coat of arms of Bad Säckingen
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Säckingen within Waldshut district
AareBreisgau-HochschwarzwaldLörrach (district)Konstanz (district)Tuttlingen (district)Schwarzwald-Baar-KreisAlbbruckBad SäckingenBernau im SchwarzwaldBonndorfDachsbergDettighofenDogernEggingenGörwihlGrafenhausenHäusernHerrischriedHöchenschwandHohentengen am HochrheinIbachJestettenKlettgauKüssabergLauchringenLaufenburgLottstettenMurgRickenbachSankt BlasienStühlingenTodtmoosÜhlingen-BirkendorfWaldshut-TiengenWehrWeilheimWutachWutöschingenSwitzerlandRhine
(2019–27) Alexander Guhl[1] (SPD)Area
 • Total25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi)Elevation
291 m (955 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total17,660 • Density700/km2 (1,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
79701–79713
Dialling codes07761Vehicle registrationWTWebsitehttp://www.bad-saeckingen.de/

Bad Säckingen (High Alemannic: Bad Säckinge) is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeter'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.

In the closing stages of the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War, the town was severely damaged by French soldiers commanded by the Comte de Choiseul, following their victory over an Imperial force at Rheinfelden on 7 July 1678.[3]

After the Second World War the city was under control of France from 1945-1952. The city was financially helped by the Swiss Fricktal to get over the financial struggles after the war.[4]

Transport

People

Karl Agricola before 1834

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. ^ De Périni, Hardÿ (1896). Batailles françaises, Volume V. Ernest Flammarion, Paris. p. 222.
  4. ^ "Stadtgeschichte". Stadt Bad Säckingen (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-25.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bad Säckingen.

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