Bad Zurzach

Geography

Bad Zurzach has an area, , of . Of this area, or 25.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 42.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, or 27.9% is settled (buildings or roads), or 4.3% is either rivers or lakes and or 0.2% is unproductive land. Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 12.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 7.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 4.3%. Out of the forested land, 40.8% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 15.3% is used for growing crops and 8.7% is pastures, while 1.1% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. Across the river Rhein is the village of Rheinheim in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

Most-observed species

• Meadow Brown

  Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  11,422
• European roe deer

  Capreolus capreolus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  9,467
• Annual Fleabane

  Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. · Magnoliopsida
  6,986
• Marbled White

  Melanargia galathea Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta
  5,929
• Common Blue

  Polyommatus icarus (von Rottemburg, 1775) · Insecta
  5,058
• red fox

  Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) · Mammalia
  4,259
• Small Heath

  Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  3,966
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,283

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2026-04-26
  4 km N of Quarten, Switzerland
• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 4.2 — 2024-06-04
  2 km NNW of Unteriberg, Switzerland
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 3.9 — 2022-09-10
  1 km WSW of Zimmersheim, France
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany