Bad Saulgau

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.

Bad Saulgau
Town
Saint John the Baptist Church
Saint John the Baptist Church
Coat of arms of Bad Saulgau
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Saulgau within Sigmaringen district
Bad Saulgau is located in Germany
Bad Saulgau
Bad Saulgau
Bad Saulgau is located in Baden-Württemberg
Bad Saulgau
Bad Saulgau
Coordinates: 48°1′3″N 9°30′1″E
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictSigmaringen
Subdivisions14
Government
 • Mayor (2015–23) Doris Schröter[1]
Area
 • Total97.34 km2 (37.58 sq mi)
Elevation
587 m (1,926 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total17,586
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
88348
Dialling codes07581
Vehicle registrationSIG or SLG[3]
Websitewww.bad-saulgau.de

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 waters flowing southward eventually join the Rhine, the northbound ones 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 armsDistrictInhabitantsArea
Bad SaulgauBad Saulgau (main locality)11,6735690 ha
BierstettenBierstetten and Steinbronnen591615 ha
BolsternBolstern and Heratskirch4171206 ha
BondorfBondorf333278 ha
BraunenweilerBraunenweiler/Untereggartsweiler5531005 ha
FriedbergFriedberg406541 ha
FulgenstadtFulgenstadt672673 ha
GroßtissenGroßtissen and Kleintissen374669 ha
HaidHaid-Sießen-Bogenweiler8741320 ha
HochbergHochberg and Luditsweiler579664 ha
LampertsweilerLampertsweiler302252 ha
MoosheimMoosheim337443 ha
RenhardsweilerRenhardsweiler273170 ha
WolfartsweilerWolfartsweiler275351 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The first historical reference to the settlement dates back to 819.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. The town became a possession of the House of Habsburg in 1299, and thus part of Further Austria. In Napoleonic times, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg.

During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town.[4] In 2005, a memorial commemorating the camp and the victims was inaugurated at the camp's former location.[5]

After World War II, Saulgau was part of the French occupation zone in 1945 and became part of the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947, which was incorporated into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

In 2000, the name of the town was officially changed from Saulgau to Bad Saulgau, where the German Bad refers to its spa facilities and important natural thermal source.

Education

Apart from nursery schools, Bad Saulgau has several public schools from primary to secondary level, for vocational training as well as a centre for secondary schools specialised in economics or technical training. (Technisches Gymnasium, Wirtschaftsgymnasium)

The Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland, a Japanese international boarding secondary school, was previously located in Bad Saulgau, but closed in 2012.[6]

Notable people

Notes
  1. Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 15 September 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
  3. "Kreistag stimmt für SLG-Kennzeichen". Schwäbische. 27 July 2020.
  4. Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus. Eine Dokumentation. volume I. Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0, p. 74 (in German)
  5. Jürgen Witt: Gedenken an Opfer der NS-Tyrannei. Nazi-Verfolgung in der Region. In: Südkurier vom 29. Januar 2015 (in German)
  6. "Japanische Schule kehrt Bad Saulgau den Rücken" (Archive). Südkurier. 20 March 2010. Retrieved on 6 January 2015.
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