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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Bad Säckingen | |
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![]() Bad Säckingen; panorama from Swiss border | |
Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°57′E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Freiburg |
District | Waldshut |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–27) | Alexander Guhl[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 291 m (955 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 17,660 |
• Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 79701–79713 |
Dialling codes | 07761 |
Vehicle registration | SÄK |
Website | http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/ |
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.
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]
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