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| Badenweiler | ||
| federal state | Baden-Wuerttemberg | |
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| Residents | 4.442 (2019) | |
| height | 425 m | |
| Tourist info | 49 (0)7632 79 93 00 www.badenweiler.de/Media/Attraktionen/Tourist-Information-Badenweiler | |
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Badenweiler is a community in Markgräflerland, about 30 km south of Freiburg in Breisgau located in the border triangle of Germany, France and Switzerland.
The 425 m high health resort in the Southern Black Forest, originally a Roman settlement, is known nationwide primarily for its thermal baths and the mild climate and also attracts many visitors from neighboring countries (France, Switzerland). Badenweiler has been a spa since 1972. In the place of death of Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) the Chekhov Salon is one of four Chekhov museums around the world. The beautiful literature and the fine arts are cultivated here in many places. Historical sights are the high medieval Baden Castle, which overlooks the town and the surrounding area, as well as the Roman bath ruins.
background
You come to Badenweiler to have a good time in beautiful and quiet surroundings and to recharge your batteries in a more secluded place. Most of the turnover in tourism is not achieved with the rehabilitation clinics, but with the private houses that offer wellness arrangements for bathers.
Numerous artists had and have chosen Badenweiler as their place of residence and work, including the painter Emil Bizer and the writer René Schickele. Gabriele Wohmann and Hermann Hesse processed their stay in Badenweiler in literary terms, and the actor Charles Regnier was buried in the Badenweiler cemetery on Lipburgerstrasse. Well-known citizens of Badenweiler today are the philosopher and writer Rüdiger Safranski and the cabaret artist Georg Schramm. Both feel at home in South Baden, where the political climate is liberal to conservative.
The fine arts shape the mood that the traveler encounters on site. Theater performances and readings with local ensemble members literary theater from the work of Anton Chekhov, Hermann Hesse, Christian Morgenstern or Manfred Kyber and light classical concerts in the Kurhaus as well as the Sunday musical matinee in Café ARTig are in the foreground for the spa guests.
The outer frame is formed by the hilly Markgräflerland with its vineyards, the dense, steep forest and the fields on which apple trees mark the paths. When the weather is nice, you can see the Vosges from some places.
Badenweiler consists of the districts of Oberweiler, Schweighof, and Lipburg-Sehringen. The neighboring towns of Müllheim, Sulzburg, Malsburg-Marzell and Schliengen are close by, but Switzerland and Alsace are also easily accessible from here - which, by the way, also applies the other way round: at weekends, the place is popular with day visitors from these regions, you hear a lot French on the streets, giving the place a slightly Romanesque flair. It can also happen here that the next stop in a public bus is displayed in French.
getting there
By plane
The closest airport is the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburgwhich is served by several airlines. From there, the tourist information office recommends that you continue your journey with a rental car.
By train
Badenweiler has not had its own train station since 1955. Rail travelers therefore reach the community via the train station Muellheim. From there regional trains go to Freiburg and Basel, where there is a connection to long-distance traffic. You can continue to Badenweiler by bus or taxi. The health clinics and the hotels offer a car service for their guests. The use of local transport by bus and train is during the stay for private spa guests with the KONUS card in connection with an official ID free of charge in the participating Black Forest communities as well as Basel.
By bus
From the train station Muellheim There are regular buses to Badenweiler. Bus traffic ends in the late afternoon during winter. The use of local transport by bus and train is free for private spa guests with the KONUS card in conjunction with an official ID in the participating Black Forest communities and Basel.
In the street
Drivers can reach Badenweiler via the A5 motorway, exit Muellheim, continue on the L378 and the B131 / B132. Long-term parking spaces can be found at the large hotels and clinics. There is a multi-storey car park and an underground car park in the village. Free parking spaces can be found at the entrances to the village. Badenweiler is traffic-calmed and has a constant speed limit of 30, which contributes to the calm atmosphere in public spaces.
mobility
As is typical of the Black Forest, Badenweiler has very hilly terrain. Gradients of 20 to 30 percent are therefore common, also for some inner-city sidewalks. The roads and paths are very well developed, also into the surrounding area as sports and hiking trails that are well signposted. It is therefore easy to walk. Cyclists use the steep climbs to the nearby Hochblauen to train with their mountain bikes.
All important destinations are clearly signposted in the village and on the paths around Badenweiler.
There is a regular bus service within Badenweiler and to the surrounding area, which ends in the late afternoon during winter - for example, there is no longer a bus connection from the Müllheim train station to Badenweiler when you come back by train from Freiburg. The use of local transport by bus and train is for private spa guests with the KONUS card in connection with an official ID free of charge in the participating Black Forest communities as well as Basel. To buy train tickets you have to go to the train station in Müllheim.
You can request a taxi from Müllheim. Since May 2013 there have also been electric rental cars, which, like taxis, have been available since October 2013 three call columns can request, which have been placed in front of the Protestant church, parking lot east as well as on Luisenstrasse.
Drivers will find public parking spaces throughout the municipality, some of which are chargeable. The large parking spaces at the entrance to the village can be used free of charge. The place can be driven through around the clock. The regulation, according to which cars were no longer allowed to drive in after 10 p.m. and had to be parked outside of town, has not existed since 1995.
Tourist Attractions
Churches
- Evangelical Pauluskirche Badenweiler (The church in the middle of the village, which was rebuilt in 1890, is a striking eye-catcher and point of orientation. The frescoes that are hung up in the chancel and that were dated to the 14th century are said to be the oldest representation of a dance of death in the German-speaking area.), Blauenstrasse 3, 79410 Badenweiler. Tel.: (0)7632 387, Fax: (0)7632 823511, Email: [email protected].
- Parish office of St. Peter (The modern church is located on the edge of the castle park and also invites you to prayers and concerts. There is an offer for Course chaplaincy.), Amtsgartenweg 1, 79410 Badenweiler. Tel.: (0)7631 1814-0, Fax: (0)7632 823829-11, Email: [email protected].
Baden Castle and the Castle Hill
- Baden Castle (Baden Castle was built in the High Middle Ages. There used to be a Roman fort on the site. The Alemanni and the Zähringer followed, later the Welfs, then the Staufers. In 1678 it was blown up by retreating French troops and has not been rebuilt since then, only opened up for tourism. Baden Castle is a landmark of Badenweiler, which is located in the center of town. Access is via the Kurpark at the Kurhaus. From the castle you have a very nice view of the area up to the Vosges. Caution is advised in the castle courtyard, there can be rockslides. The Kurpark with the Gutedelgarten and the Hildegard von Bingen Garden extends around the castle. The castle is beautifully lit at night. - Not to be confused with that Neuenfels Castle, which is located southeast of Britzingen.). Open: The castle is freely accessible.
There are other sights on the castle hill, to which the route is signposted:
- Belvedere (Lustschlößchen, which the painter Emil Bizer used as a studio in the 1930s. From May to September it is used by the registry office for marriages.)
- Anton Chekhov Monument (The original memorial was confiscated during a metal collection campaign during the First World War. It was not until Chekhov's 100th anniversary of his death on July 15, 2004 that a new memorial was erected and opened in the presence of a delegation from Russia, along with a “symbolic cherry orchard” dedicated to international understanding at the end of the Cold War.)
- Monument to Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden (Created in 1912)
Roman bath ruins
- Roman bath ruins in Badenweiler (The old Roman bath ruins are worth a visit because they are very well preserved. The futuristic glass roof has protected the excavation site since 2001. At the entrance, a documentation from the SWR about the ruin is shown. Brochures with further information are also freely available in German, French and English.), Access from the Kurpark and Kaiserstraße, located between the Cassiopeia Therme and the Kurhaus. Open: April – October: 10 am–7pm, November – March: 10 am–5pm.Price: Adults: € 2.00, reduced: € 1.50, families: € 5.50 at the ticket machine in front of the entrance; Guided tours: April to October: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m., all year round: Sun at 11 a.m.
Buildings
- Grand Ducal Palace (Former office house of the Margraves of Baden from the 16th century. Today owned by the municipality. Location of changing art exhibitions. Houses the Café ARTig, exhibition and event location for the KunstPalais Badenweiler.), Blauenstrasse 2.
- Kurhaus (The modern building from 1972 was built in the style of the time and added to the castle hill in the spa gardens. It offers several floors on which, among other things, the Chekhov Salon and an open-air stage are housed. There is also a lecture hall in the Kurhaus. Newspapers are available for guests here and there are Internet workstations. The Kurhaus has been energetically refurbished since February 2011, and the work should be completed by the end of 2014.). Tel.: (0)7632 799-400.
"Chekhov Salon" literary museum
- "Chekhov Salon" literary museum (reopened in July 2015 and completely redesigned extensive exhibition on literature related to Badenweiler; Focus: the life and work of Anton Chekhov, who died on July 15, 1904 in Badenweiler after he had been referred here for convalescence. His doctors thought Badenweiler was a climatic health resort. Indeed, Chekhov's condition quickly deteriorated after his arrival. Badenweiler maintains close relationships with the Russian Chekhov museums. Also has German Chekhov Society their seat in Badenweiler.), in the basement of the town hall at Ernst-Eisenlohr-Straße 4. Open: Daily 10 am–6pm.
Anton Chekhov Square
- Anton Chekhov Square (depicting a "seagull" and a view of the balcony from Chekhov's death room in the building that is still used as a rehabilitation clinic today. There is a sign on the balcony that reads: "This is where Anton Chekhoff lived in July 1904." Next to the window: a portrait of the writer.), Ernst-Eisenlohr Straße, in front of the tourist information, diagonally across from the Cassiopeia-Therme.
Parks
- Spa and palace gardens (The spa gardens at the foot of Baden Castle and, somewhat to the south at the Grand Ducal Palace, the castle park form a quiet town center that invites you to take short walks and linger. The park was originally laid out as an English garden by the Margrave of Baden around 250 years ago. It was gradually expanded over time and replanted again and again. Today it is also home to many foreign (Mediterranean, East Asian and North American) plants that thrive here due to the mild climate. The sequoias in the palace gardens are certainly the most spectacular. The so-called Kaffeemühlenweg, which leads to the most beautiful viewpoints.)
- Park of the Senses (The Park of the Senses was opened in 2011. The landscape park is located north-east of the spa park and, with 20 exhibits, offers visitors the opportunity to “rediscover their senses and thus revitalize their relationship with nature”. In the information pavilion you can find out more about the park (Panel). - Guided tours take place after registration at the tourist information.), Ernst-Eisenlohr-Strasse 27.
activities
The biggest wellness attraction here is the Cassiopeia-Therme, which emerged from the renovation of the former Markgrafenbad. It is well-attended all year round, especially on weekends when there are queues of bathers in front of the entrance. You should therefore switch to the less busy non-productive times.
- Cassiopeia thermal baths. Open: thermal baths daily 9 am–10pm; Sauna, Roman bath and wellness oasis daily 11 am–10pm; Admission until 8.45 p.m.Price: day tickets; Thermal baths single ticket: 12.50 euros, with guest card 10.50 euros; Children: 8.50 euros; Discounts for family, 5, 10, half-year and annual tickets, there are also combination tickets for the simultaneous use of the other facilities next to the thermal bath; Evening rate from 6 p.m .: 8.50 euros.
There is also a sports and leisure pool:
- Sports and leisure pool. Open: daily 9 am–8pm; June – August early bathing days from 7 am.Price: Adults: 3.50 euros; reduced: 2 euros; 10-trip card with 10% discount.
Badenweiler has a very well developed network of hiking trails that are well signposted and that are suitable for both hiking and walking. There are several routes with different requirements and different elevation profiles. A free map is available at the tourist information office for orientation purposes. Walks of around three quarters to an hour in the forest around Badenweiler are possible from the village. A popular destination is the Sophienruhe, from which you already have a nice view. Those who want to go higher can go to the Old Man or the Prinzensitz, two further vantage points. These trails are also popular with mountain bikers for training.
There are guests who visited the nearby Hochblauen every day during their stay in Badenweiler (for more details see below trips). From there you can also fly with a paraglider.
Those who want to jog should orientate themselves to the south, past the cemetery of honor for those who died in the world wars; the dirt roads in the direction of Lipburg are not that steep.
There are tennis courts on the southern outskirts.
Art exhibitions, theater and readings are also open all year round.
City tours are organized during the summer.
shop
The Sparkasse Markgräflerland and Volksbank Müllheim offices are located in the main shopping street, Luisenstraße. There you can get euros and Swiss francs.
There are a few small dealers in town for daily needs. There are several kiosks and newsagents, as well as two bookstores, you can't miss them when you walk through the town center. Also a nice little flower shop. Several specialist dealers offer mostly higher quality clothing, including on Sunday afternoons. There is also a health food store and a regular small market run by local farmers. Several cafes offer cakes, pastries and chocolates from their own production. There is a goldsmith's workshop and a jeweler.
A larger discounter (Treff 3000) is located a little outside on Ernst-Eisenlohr-Straße on the eastern edge of the city. It only makes sense to get there by car.
For everything else you have to go back Muellheim drive, either by bus or by car.
kitchen
Spa guests are usually well fed in the respective hotels and rehabilitation clinics. There are also some inexpensive restaurants and cafes in town. There are several of the latter that are very popular with private and day guests as well as rehabilitation guests. They offer a wide range of cakes, pies and chocolates. The good French and Swiss cuisine also has a lasting influence on this area.
As soon as you arrive you can see that the Markgräflerland is a wine-growing region. The vineyards rise to the side of the railway line from Freiburg to Müllheim, and they form the area around Badenweiler. The grape variety is typical of the region Gutedel. Of course, other Baden wines are also grown. The winegrowers' cooperatives maintain their own shops in the village, where wine can be bought cheaply; Orders can also be placed online.
nightlife
Badenweiler has a quiet nightlife. Readings and theater performances are offered all year round, some in the clinics.
Events
- The Hochblauen mountain run has been held annually in June since 1993.
- The castle festival is held every two years in July.
- In October the Badenweiler Literature Days instead of.
- On New Year's Eve there were fireworks from the castle from 0.30 a.m. until 2010. The tradition has since been discontinued, but a resumption is being discussed.
accommodation
From private holiday and spa guests one becomes Tourist tax raised. This does not apply if the stay takes place as part of a rehabilitation through a social insurance agency.
There is a wide range of accommodation options. The larger Römerbad, Schwarzmatt and Post hotels offer superior comfort. Smaller, well-run hotels (e.g. “Anna” and “Am Park”) as well as well-equipped holiday apartments and a camping site are available.
Learn
Badenweiler has a primary and secondary school, the René Schickele School, and a kindergarten. A Montessori school is to be added, but this is controversial in terms of local politics.
Work
Most of the jobs are in tourism and spa operations, in hotels, pensions and rehabilitation clinics. There are also numerous small craftsmen and traders on site, including two bookshops in the town center. Wine production is also characteristic for the area; the winegrowers' cooperatives have their own shops selling wine from Badenweiler and Müllheim. Agriculture and the timber industry no longer play a major economic role.
security
Badenweiler is a relatively safe place. There has been no police station here for a few years, and since then the local police in Muellheim. It is said that high-quality vehicles once stood in a parking lot on the outskirts for several weeks until the owner picked them up again. Nothing happened. If crime does occur nonetheless, it is reported extensively in the local press. For example, there was once a gang in Badenweiler that focused on stealing expensive car rims and brought them to France, out of the reach of the German police. In the Crime statistics Badenweiler was in the middle of the field in the district in 2011. The crime in Freiburg in Breisgau is more than four times as high as in Badenweiler.
health
There are 3 pharmacies on site as well as some general practitioners and specialists, several of which use natural healing methods. Some of the rehabilitation clinics (also for anthroposophically advanced medicine) offer outpatient treatment.
Practical advice
Reports on local events in Badenweiler and the surrounding area badish newspaper.
While standard German is spoken (and understood) in tourism, the local population often only speaks dialect.
The district court of Müllheim is responsible, and the district court of Freiburg im Breisgau is responsible for register matters.
The dialing code for Badenweiler from Germany is 07632. The zip code is 79410.
If you want to make calls with a mobile phone, you should set your provider / network permanently, otherwise it can easily happen that the device automatically dials into a French provider. Telekom D1 usually works well to very well in the area.
To the left of the “Bar den Weiler” (the former “Red Coffee Box”) in Ernst-Eisenlohr-Straße there is a post office.
Newspapers and the Internet can be used in the Kurhaus, while it is being renovated in the foyer of the Cassiopeia Therme.
If you have a radio, you can hear the French channels France Musique and France Culture very well here, as well as the German programs of SWR and Deutschlandfunk, which are broadcast by the Blauen channel.
trips
The High blues or “Blauen” for short is the “local mountain” of the Markgräflerland. It rises right next to Badenweiler. The pass road leads steeply up to the summit, where, in addition to a restaurant with a hotel, there is also an observation tower, from which one has an even better view of the surroundings. Since 2011, a bus has also been running on Sundays and public holidays via Marzell and Kandern to Basel over the summit of the Hochblauen. The view is really fantastic, because from here you have the Black Forest, the Vosges and the Alps in one panorama at the same time. You look down on the gently rolling land, which, when the weather is good, is covered with a light veil of clouds. The sunrises and sunsets are particularly beautiful up here. Only the radio transmission mast spoils the summit experience a little. Since 2011 there has been discussion about installing wind turbines on the Hochblauen. So it is worth visiting the summit while it is still nice and quiet here. Only those who are in a very good physical condition should dare to climb on foot or by mountain bike to an altitude of 1,165 m. The terrain is sometimes very steep. It is said to have happened that exhausted day trippers let themselves be picked up from the summit by taxi. The western route of the Black Forest Association runs from Pforzheim to Basel in variant A over the blue.
The Markgräflerland is borderland. German, French and Swiss influences mix. You will consistently meet citizens from neighboring countries, which already indicates that it is just as easy to pay a visit to the French or the Swiss side from here. One should do this when the opportunity arises. This restriction is important because it is not easy to get to France by public transport. There is no rail connection from Müllheim, you first have to go to Freiburg and from there continue by bus across the Rhine. The train from Müllheim and the ICE from Freiburg go to Basel. You can use the KONUS card for regional transport up to this point. A nice goal there is, for example Tinguely Museum or also the Beyerler Foundation. Unfortunately, the Swiss museums have much higher admission prices than usual in Germany. That too Goetheanum in Dornach, the center of anthroposophy, can be easily reached from here.
A worthwhile excursion destination in France that can be reached within an hour by car is in particular Colmar with the Isenheim Altarpiece. The nearest French city is Mulhouse, you can see them from Badenweiler when the view of the Vosges is clear. Locals go there for shopping, especially when looking for fresh fish. The selection in the Carrefour supermarket is much better and richer than on the German side of the Rhine, "the fish just can't make it across the border." The exhaust gases from Mulhouse's industry ensure the intense red color in the evening sky.
The tourist information in Badenweiler provides hiking maps and timetables free of charge and provides advice on planning excursions.
literature
Historical representations
- Gustav Wever: Badenweiler and its surroundings: represented topographically, historically and medically; with two views, a plan of the Roman baths, a panorama of the Alpine chain and a map of the area. Second, increased edition. Ms. Wagner. Freiburg in Breisgau. 1854. Google Books.
- Heinrich Leibnitz: The Roman baths near Badenweiler in the Black Forest. Taken from nature in the summer of 1855 and explained with consideration for previous editions. Leipzig. T. O. Weigel. 1856. Google Books.
Contemporary works
- Roman bath ruins Badenweiler - discovery, exploration, fascination. Catalog for the exhibition of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in the city's university library Freiburg in Breisgau. 2004.
- Gustav Faber: Badenweiler - A piece of Italy on German land. Publisher Karl Schillinger. Freiburg. 2nd Edition. 1981.
- Norbert Fichtlscherer: Historical miniatures from Badenweiler. Digital print. Freiburg. 2003.
- Adolf Schmid: Chekhov memorial in Badenweiler - after 74 years a new monument at the "Vogesenblick". Baden homeland. 1992. p. 299 ff.
Literary testimonies
- Gabriele Wohmann: Early autumn in Badenweiler. Darmstadt. 1978.
- A cleverly humane cure - Hermann Hesse and Badenweiler in texts, letters and pictures. Suhrkamp Verlag. 2009.
