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| Bad Wurzach | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 14.651 (2019) | |
| height | 654 m, 651 m | |
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Bad Wurzach is the oldest mud spa in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The city is in Württemberg Allgäu at the raised bog area Wurzacher Ried. Its location on the is of tourist interest Swabian Baths Road and at the Upper Swabian Baroque Street. .
background
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1273. Wurzach has had city rights since 1333. During the Thirty Years War, the population fell to only 19 in 1637. In 1806 Wurzach came to Württemberg. The first mud baths were administered in 1936. the title bath received Wurzach in 1950. Since the municipality reform in 1972, the formerly independent villages Arnach, Dietmanns, Eintürnen, Gospoldshofen, Haidgau, Hauerz, Seibranz, Unterschwarzach, Wengenreute, Ziegelbach and numerous other hamlets and farms belong to Wurzach.
getting there
By plane
Bad Wurzach is located between the airportsMemmingen Airport
(IATA: FMM), 35 km and Friedrichshafen Airport(IATA: FDH), 55 km.
By train
The 1 Bad Wurzach train station is on the Roßbergbahn, a side line of the Allgäubahn. Passenger trains (Radexpress Oberschwaben) only run on Sundays and public holidays in the summer months. The next train stations are in Bad Waldsee, Biberach an der Riss and Leutkirch in the Allgäu.
In the street
Bad Wurzach is located on the B465 between Biberach and Leutkirch, there is also the next motorway exit to the A96, distance approx. 15 km
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Buildings
- The 1 Wurzach Castle
, built around 1725, once the ruler's residence Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach. Today used as a residential building and for school purposes. The baroque staircase and the castle chapel are well worth seeing. - 2 Gottesberg Salvatorian Monastery and the pilgrimage church from 1709
- 3 Parish Church of St. Verena, monumental, early classical church (1777) with rich furnishings from the construction period
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Wurzacher Ried
The raised bog has its origins in the penultimate ice age. Its huge peat deposits were still being used economically in the 20th century.
- Upper Swabian Peat Museum with Peat track and peat nature trail in 4 Wurzacher Ried
Museums
- 5 Leper house, Ravensburger Str., 88410 Bad Wurzach. Open: Apr-Oct: Sun public holidays 2: 00-5: 00 p.m., guided tours on the 3rd Sunday of the month 3:00 p.m.
- 6 Cheese Museum (in the Gospoldshofen district).
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- 1 Spa hotel on the Reischberg (Hotel, cure and wellness)
health
- Vitalium Bad Wurzach, Thermal bath, sauna area
Practical advice
trips
- Neighboring municipalities are Eberhardzell, Red on the red, Aitrach, Aichstetten, Leutkirch in the Allgäu, Kisslegg, Wolfegg and Bad Waldsee
literature
Web links
https://www.bad-wurzach.de/ - Official website of Bad Wurzach
