Bad Saulgau
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Bad Saulgau | |
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Bad Saulgau | |
Coordinates: 48°1′3″N 9°30′1″E / 48.01750°N 9.50028°ECoordinates: 48°1′3″N 9°30′1″E / 48.01750°N 9.50028°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Tübingen |
District | Sigmaringen |
Subdivisions | 14 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Doris Schröter |
Area | |
• Total | 97.34 km2 (37.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 587 m (1,926 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 17,567 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 88348 |
Dialling codes | 07581 |
Vehicle registration | SIG or SLG [1] |
Website | www.bad-saulgau.de |
Bad Saulgau is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 23 km east of Sigmaringen, and 27 km north of Ravensburg between the Danube and Lake Constance.
Geography[]
Bad Saulgau is located north of the wooded hills Wagenhart and a few kilometers west-northwest of the hill Atzenberger Höhe. It is located between the Danube and Lake Constance, on the Danube tributary Schwarzach. The European watershed, which separates the catchment areas of the Rhine and the Danube, runs through the municipal district Lampertsweiler. The water southward flowing water flows eventually into the Rhine, that northbound in the Danube.
Neighboring communities[]
Bad Saulgau borders the following municipalities, clockwise starting from the north: Ertingen, Riedlingen, Allmannsweiler, Bad Buchau, Dürnau, Bad Schussenried, Ebersbach-Musbach, Boms, Eichstegen, Hoßkirch, Ostrach, Hohentengen and Herbertingen.
Subdivisions[]
Bad Saulgau consists of the main town (with Bernhausen, Enge Weiler, Schwarzach and Wilfertsweiler) and 13 Ortsteile.
Coat of arms | District | Inhabitants | Area |
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Bad Saulgau (main locality) | 11,673 | 5690 ha | |
Bierstetten and Steinbronnen | 591 | 615 ha | |
Bolstern and Heratskirch | 417 | 1206 ha | |
Bondorf | 333 | 278 ha | |
Braunenweiler/Untereggartsweiler | 553 | 1005 ha | |
Friedberg | 406 | 541 ha | |
Fulgenstadt | 672 | 673 ha | |
Großtissen and Kleintissen | 374 | 669 ha | |
Haid-Sießen-Bogenweiler | 874 | 1320 ha | |
Hochberg and Luditsweiler | 579 | 664 ha | |
Lampertsweiler | 302 | 252 ha | |
Moosheim | 337 | 443 ha | |
Renhardsweiler | 273 | 170 ha | |
Wolfartsweiler | 275 | 351 ha |
History[]
The first historical reference to the settlement dates back to 819. In 1239, it received town privileges from Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. It became a possession of the House of Habsburg in 1299, and thus part of Further Austria.
In Napoleonic times, it was given to the Kingdom of Württemberg. During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town.[3] The name of the town was officially changed in 2000 from Saulgau to Bad Saulgau.
Education[]
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Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland, a Japanese international boarding school serving secondary school, was previously in Bad Saulgau. The school was scheduled to close in 2012.[4]
Notable people[]
- Franz Michelberger (born 1955), football player
- Erik E. Lehmann (born 1963), economist
- Stefan Buck (born 1980), football player
- Fabian Gerster (born 1986), football player
- Tatjana Maria born Malek (born 1987), tennis player
- Isabelle Harle (born 1988), swimmer and multiple German champion, world and European champion
Notes[]
- ^ https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-sigmaringen/sigmaringen_artikel,-kreistag-stimmt-fuer-slg-kennzeichen-_arid,11250660.html
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). June 2021.
- ^ glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of_Dachau/84737_en.htm
- ^ "Japanische Schule kehrt Bad Saulgau den Rücken" (Archive). Südkurier. 20 March 2010. Retrieved on 6 January 2015.
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