Bad Schussenried
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Location of the town of Bad Schussenried within Biberach district
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| Coordinates | 48°0′24″N 9°39′31″E / 48.00667°N 9.65861°ECoordinates: 48°0′24″N 9°39′31″E / 48.00667°N 9.65861°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Biberach |
| Mayor | Achim Deinet |
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| Area | 55.02 km2 (21.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 570 m (1870 ft) |
| Population | 8,464 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 154 /km2 (398 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BC |
| Postal code | 88427 |
| Area code | 07583 |
| Website | www.bad-schussenried.de |
Bad Schussenried is a town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. Schussenried Abbey, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in Bad Schussenried. Its church and baroque library feature impressive architecture and artwork, including intricate ceiling frescoes.
The town is also home to a beer stein museum, the Schussenrieder Bierkrug Museum. [1]
Bad Schussenried has about 10,000 inhabitants. Oswald Metzger, a former Green party, now Christian democratic politician and cyclist Rolf Gölz, who won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, are from Bad Schussenried. The world champion women trick cyclists are also from Bad Schussenried.
[edit] World heritage site
It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2]
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[edit] External links
- Bad Schussenried (in German)
- Zentren für Psychiatrie (Centers for psychiatry) (in German)
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