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Bad Schussenried (; Swabian: ''Schussariad'') is a

spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...

Upper Swabia Upper Swabia ( or ) is a region in Germany in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria.''Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.'' 19. Auflage. Band 16, 1991, p. 72. The name refers to the area between the Swabian Jura, Lake Con ...

in the district of Biberach,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

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. It lies on the

Upper Swabian Baroque Route The Upper Swabian Baroque Route (''Oberschwäbische Barockstraße'') is a tourist theme route through Upper Swabia, following the themes of "nature, culture, baroque". The route has a length of about 500 km (approximately 310 miles). It was ...

and the Swabian Spa Route. Schussenried Abbey, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in Bad Schussenried. Its church and

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library feature impressive architecture and artwork, including intricate ceiling

fresco Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...

es. The town is also home to a

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museum, the Schussenrieder Bierkrug Museum. Bad Schussenried had a population of 8,537 at the end of 2015.

Geography

Bad Schussenried is located between

Ulm Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city. Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...

and

Lake Constance Lake Constance (, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (). These ...

on the river

Schussen The Schussen () is a tributary of Lake Constance (), which drains to the High Rhine, in the southern portion of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Course From its source, not far from the Lake Feder, around north of Bad Schussen ...

. The 48th parallel north runs through Bad Schussenried.

History

Archaeological finds provided evidence of a prehistoric settlement in the region. In 1866, a Paleolithic campsite of hunters and gatherers was discovered. These were the first Paleolithic finds in Central Europe.

World Heritage Site

At Aichbühl, about 1.5 km north of the

source, excavations at the end of the 19th century in the bog of

Federsee Federsee is a lake located just north of Bad Buchau in the region of Upper Swabia in Southern Germany. It is surrounded by moorland, partially overgrown with Reed bed, reeds. With a size of 33 km2 (8,155 acres), the area is one of the largest, ...

discovered Neolithic pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps

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.UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps
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Middle Ages

''Shuozenried'' was first mentioned in records in 1153. The history of the city is closely linked to that of Schussenried Abbey. In 1183, the local lords Konrad and Beringer founded the

Premonstratensian The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré (), also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons (from the colour of their habit), is a religious order of canons regular in the Catholic Chur ...

monastery. The abbey received many privileges, for example in 1521 the High Jurisdiction (

blood court High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judicial power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents. The scale ...

), allowing it to depict the sword next to the crozier in the coat of arms. Until the

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, the canons governed the monastic community.

Culture and attractions

Museums

* ''Bierkrugmuseum'' is a museum about

s * ''Oberschwäbisches Museumsdorf Kürnbach'' is an Upper Swabian village with 31 buildings and furnishings from six centuries *

Pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a travel, journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) w ...

museum ''Alte Schmiede'' at Steinhausen * ''Ailinger Erlebnismühle'' with an over 400 years old tradition in the district Reichenbach * Museum of

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* ''Zentrales württembergisches Mundartarchiv und Museum'' *

Monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...

museum ''Klostermuseum Bad Schussenried''

Buildings

Bad Schussenried-Steinhausen-Wallfahrtskirche-1-Bubo

* Schussenried Abbey * , 1728–1731 * Church ''St. Oswald'' at district Otterswang, 1770 * Church ''Kirche zu den Heiligen Sebastian'' at district Reichenbach, 1460 *

Castles A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This i ...

: ''Burg Hervetsweiler'', ''Burg Kürnbach'', ''Ruine Otterswang'', ''Burg Reichenbach'', ''Burg Rudersberg'', ''Burg Schussenried''

Economy and Infrastructure

Until the middle of the 20th century,

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was an important industry in Schussenried. Today major local employers are a

psychiatric hospital A psychiatric hospital, also known as a mental health hospital, a behavioral health hospital, or an asylum is a specialized medical facility that focuses on the treatment of severe Mental disorder, mental disorders. These institutions cater t ...

for general psychiatry and psychotherapy (ZfP Südwürttemberg), the Schwäbische Hüttenwerke (SHW), an automotive supplier, and the concrete mixer division of the

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Group.

Transport

The station Bad Schussenried is located on the Southern Railway (Württemberg). Trains run every hour to Ulm and

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...

Education

Bad Schussenried has a primary school, a

Werkrealschule Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education (e.g. in Baden-Württemberg), which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduatio ...

, a

Realschule Real school (, ) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It has also existed in Croatia (''realna gimnazija''), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (''realskole''), Sweden (''realskola''), F ...

and a Progymnasium. In addition, the Humboldt-Institut for German as a foreign language runs a

boarding school A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have existed for many centuries, and now extend acr ...

for international students.

Personality

Oswald Metzger, a former Green party, now Christian democratic politician and cyclist

Rolf Gölz Rolf Gölz (born 30 September 1962) is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985 and narrowly missed the podium in the 1987 UCI World Championshi ...

, who won a silver medal in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

, are from Bad Schussenried. The world champion women trick cyclists are also from Bad Schussenried.

Sons and daughters of the town

* Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763–1823), chess player *

(born 1962), professional cyclist and, sporting director of racing team Gerolsteiner

Personalities who have worked locally

* Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849), composer and band leader, visited the

monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...

school in Schussenried

References

External links

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Zentren für Psychiatrie (Centers for psychiatry)
{{Authority control Biberach (district) Spa towns in Germany