Bad Säckingen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Bad Saeckingen Muensterplatz.jpg
image_caption = Town square
Wappen = Wappen Bad Saeckingen.pnglat_deg = 47 |lat_min = 33 |lat_sec = 12
lon_deg = 07 |lon_min = 56 |lon_sec = 50
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Freiburg
Landkreis = Waldshut
Höhe = 291
Fläche = 25.34
Einwohner = 16813
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 79701–79713
Vorwahl = 07761
Kfz = WT
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 3 37 096
Adresse = Rathausplatz 1
79713 Bad Säckingen
Website = [http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/ www.bad-saeckingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Martin Weissbrodt

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 south 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, Zürich, Schaffhausen, St. Blasien, Todtmoos, Freiburg, Konstanz.

History

The history of the city dates back to the early 6th Century, when Saint Fridolin founded a monastery 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.

People

* Wolfgang Burger
* 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, Japan (1983)
* Santeramo, Italy (1983)
* Näfels, Switzerland (1988)

External links

* [http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/ Official Webpage of Bad Säckingen]
* [http://www.badische-seiten.de/bad-saeckingen/ Bad Säckingen:History and images]