Bad Säckingen
municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Baden-Württemberg
- Admin region
- Freiburg
- District
- Waldshut
- Mayor 2019 27
- Alexander Guhl ( SPD )
- Total
- 25.34 km (9.78 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 291 m (955 ft)
- Density
- 701.1/km (1,816/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 79701–79713
- Dialling codes
- 07761
- Vehicle registration
Article
Bad Säckingen ( German pronunciation: [baːt ˈzɛkɪŋən] ; 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.
Geography