Bad Saulgau
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Bad Saulgau | |
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Location of Bad Saulgau within Sigmaringen district | |
Coordinates: 48°1′3″N 9°30′1″E / 48.01750°N 9.50028°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Admin. region | Tübingen |
District | Sigmaringen |
Subdivisions | 14 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Doris Schröter |
Area | |
• Total | 97.34 km2 (37.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 587 m (1,926 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 17,702 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 88348 |
Dialling codes | 07581 |
Vehicle registration | SIG |
Website | www.bad-saulgau.de |
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.
The location was already a Celtic settlement and owes its name to the spring goddess Sulis. The first historical reference to the settlement dates back to 819. In 1239, the town was acknowledged by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. It became a possession of the House of Habsburg in 1299, and thus part of the Holy Roman Empire.
In Napoleonic times, it was given to the Kingdom of Württemberg. During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town.[2] The name of the town was officially changed in 2000 from Saulgau to Bad Saulgau.
Education
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Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland, a Japanese international boarding school serving secondary school, was previously in Bad Saulgau. The school was scheduled to close in 2012.[3]
Notable people
- Franz Michelberger (born 1955), football player
- Erik E. Lehmann (born 1963), economist
- Stefan Buck (born 1980), football player
- Fabian Gerster (born 1986), football player
- Tatjana Maria born Malek (born 1987), tennis player
- Isabelle Harle (born 1988), swimmer and multiple German champion, world and European champion
Notes
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ glosk.com/GM/Linde/17283/pages/List_of_subcamps_of_Dachau/84737_en.htm
- ^ "Japanische Schule kehrt Bad Saulgau den Rücken" (Archive). Südkurier. 20 March 2010. Retrieved on 6 January 2015.