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

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Upper Swabia Upper Swabia (german: Oberschwaben 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 Sw ...

in the district of Biberach,

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a 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 inhabitants across a ...

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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 Schussenried Abbey (''Kloster Schussenried'', ''Reichsabtei Schussenried'') is a former Catholic monastery in Bad Schussenried, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famed for its Baroque architecture, Baroque library hall. The abbey was established ...

, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in Bad Schussenried. Its church and

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

library feature impressive architecture and artwork, including intricate ceiling

fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' 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 plaste ...

es. The town is also home to a

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museum, the Schussenrieder Bierkrug Museu

Bad Schussenried had a population of 8,537 at the end of 2015.

Geography

Bad Schussenried is located between

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

and

Lake Constance Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, 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, ca ...

on the river

Schussen The Schussen is a tributary of the Bodensee (Lake Constance), which drains to the Rhine, in the southern portion of Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Course From its source, not far from the Lake Feder, around 1.5 kilometers nort ...

. 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 reeds. With a size of 33 km2 (8,155 acres), the area is one of the largest, grou ...

discovered Neolithic pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the

Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located various ...

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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

. In 1183, the local lords Konrad and Beringer founded the

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s 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. Low just ...

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

secularization In sociology, secularization (or secularisation) is the transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious values and secular institutions. The ''secularization thesis'' expresses the ...

, 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 journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

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 monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

museum ''Klostermuseum Bad Schussenried''

Buildings

Bad Schussenried-Steinhausen-Wallfahrtskirche-1-Bubo

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

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

Economy and Infrastructure

Until the middle of the 20th century,

peat extraction Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficient c ...

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

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative ...

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

Liebherr Liebherr is a German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer based in Bulle, Switzerland, with its main production facilities and origins in Germany. Liebherr consists of over 130 companies organized into 11 divisions: earthmoving, mining, ...

Group.

Transport

The station Bad Schussenried is located on the

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. 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 (''Kre ...

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 ''Realschule'' () 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''), ...

and a

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. 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. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...

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 Championship ...

, who won a silver medal in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also 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 secon ...

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

Sons and daughters of the town

Johann Baptist Allgaier Johann Baptist Allgaier (June 19, 1763, Schussenried – January 3, 1823, Vienna) was a German-Austrian chess master and theoretician. He was also the author of the first chess handbook in German – ''Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Sch ...

(1763–1823), chess player *

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

Personalities who have worked locally

Conradin Kreutzer Conradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer (22 November 1780 – 14 December 1849) was a German composer and conductor. His works include the operas ''Das Nachtlager in Granada'' and incidental music to ''Der Verschwender'', both produced in 1834 in Vienna. ...

(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 monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...

school in Schussenried

References

External links

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