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Bad Waldsee | ||
federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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Residents | 20.308 (2019) | |
height | 588 m, 615 m | |
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Bad Waldsee is a city in Upper Swabia. It is known as a Kneipp spa and mud spa and is located both on the Swabian Baths Road as well as the Upper Swabian Baroque Street.
background
Waldsee was first mentioned in a document in 926. The place received city rights in 1298.
The first mud bath was opened in 1950, Waldsee has been a mud spa since 1956, and a Kneipp spa since 1974.
Bad Waldsee includes the towns of Reute, Gaisbeuren, Haisterkirch, Michelwinnaden and Mittelurbach as well as a number of other hamlets and farms.
getting there
By plane
The nearest airports are Friedrichshafen Airport(IATA: FDH), about 42 km, the Memmingen Airport
(IATA: FMM), 40 km and the Stuttgart Airport
(IATA: STR), 145 km.
By train
Bad Waldsee is on the route of the Württemberg Allgäu Railway between Aulendorf and Kisslegg.
In the street
- To A96 at Leutkirch it is about 26 km
- Bad Waldsee is located on the B30 between Ravensburg and Biberach an der Riss
mobility
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Tourist Attractions
The medieval old town lies between the 1 City lake and the 2 Castle lake .
1 Maximiliansbad, first mud bath, 1950
- 3 Wurzacher gate tower
from the 15th century
- Federle fountain (fool figure)
- The hospital, neo-Gothic facade from the middle of the 19th century
- the 4 town hall, built in 1426
- the 5 Kornhaus, today a local museum
- 6 Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Gothic church, rebuilt in the middle of the 18th century
- Gut-Betha-Brunnen, in memory of the good Elisabeth Achler,
- Princely Waldburg-Wolfegg'sches7 Waldsee Castle. Not open to the public.
- Vötschenturm, tower of the medieval city wall
- 8 Oil mill museum
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Located on the outskirts:
- 9 Erwin Hymer Museum, Robert-Bosch-Strasse 88339 Bad Waldsee. Tel.: 49 7524 976676-00. more than 80 historic caravans and motorhomes.Open: daily 10 am-6pm, Thursday until 9pm.Price: Admission adults € 11.50.
10 Princess Sophie Chapel, Hopfenweiler, 88339 Bad Waldsee. Tel.: 49 7524 4017-0. Today's chapel was acquired by Princess Sophie zu Waldburg-Wolfegg in 1889 (1838-1909) at the World Exhibition in Paris and had it erected under the direction of the Munich architect Carl Haggeney in place of the demolished old chapel.Open: daily 10 am-6pm.Price: Free entry.
activities
- Visit of the Tannenbühl climbing park
- Visit of the Bad Waldsee nature resort
- Visit of the Bad Waldsee sports park
- Visit of the Princely Golf Resort Bad Waldsee with the 1st LED night golf course in Europe
shop
kitchen
- 1 Cafe-Restaurant Outlook-T19, Hopfenweiler 9, 88339 Bad Waldsee (directly in the Golf and Nature Resort Bad Waldsee). Tel.: 49 (0)7524 4017-0, Fax: 49 (0)7524 4017-100, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Sun 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
- 2 Ristorante Bella Casa, Biberacher Str. 22, 88339 Bad Waldsee (directly on the lake). Tel.: 49 (0)7524 9743287, Fax: 49 (0)7524 9743288, Email: [email protected]. Open: Wed - Mon 11 a.m. - 11 p.m., Tuesdays are closed.
- 3 Fontana ice cream parlor, Hauptstrasse 45, 88339 Bad Waldsee. Tel.: 49 (0)7524 913337. Open: Mon - Sat 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., Sun 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- 4 See-Café Hecht, Ulrich-Kuderer-Str. 14, 88339 Bad Waldsee. Tel.: 49 (0)7524 4002534. Open: Tue - Sun 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Mondays are closed.
- 5 Restaurant in the Hofgut, Hopfenweiler 9, 88339 Bad Waldsee (directly in the Golf and Nature Resort Bad Waldsee). Tel.: 49 (0)7524 4017-0, Fax: 49 (0)7524 4017-100, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Sun 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
nightlife
- 1 Florida Bar, Schulgasse 10, 88339 Bad Waldsee. Open: Wed - Fri 3:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., Sat 2:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m., Sun 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Mondays are closed.
accommodation
- 1 4 star hotel - Waldsee Golf Resort, Hopfenweiler 9, 88339 Bad Waldsee (directly in the Golf and Nature Resort Bad Waldsee). Tel.: 49 (0)7524 4017-0, Fax: 49 (0)7524 4017-100, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Sun midnight - midnight.
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
Web links
- http://www.bad-waldsee.de/ - Official website of Bad Waldsee