Bad Säckingen
Bad Säckingen | |
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Bad Säckingen; panorama from Swiss border | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Bad Säckingen
within Waldshut district
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Location of Bad Säckingen | |
Bad Säckingen Bad Säckingen | |
| Coordinates: 47°33′N 7°57′E / 47.550°N 7.950°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Waldshut |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–27) | Alexander Guhl (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.34 km2 (9.78 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 291 m (955 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31) | |
• Total | 17,767 |
| • Density | 701.1/km2 (1,816/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 79701–79713 |
| Dialling codes | 07761 |
| Vehicle registration | SÄK |
| Website | http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/ |
Bad Säckingen (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈzɛkɪŋən] ⓘ; High Alemannic: Bad Säckinge) is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeter's City" because of the book Der Trompeter von Säckingen ("The Trumpeter of Säckingen"), a famous 19th-century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.