Bad Säckingen

Sister cities

• Santeramo in Colle
• Nagai
• Sanary-sur-Mer
• Purkersdorf
• Näfels
• Glarus Nord

History

The history of the city dates back to the early 6th Century, when Saint Fridolin founded Säckingen Abbey and a church. Around 1200 most of the city was destroyed in a huge fire. Afterwards, construction began in the middle of the town on a Gothic cathedral, called the Fridolinsmünster, which can still be visited today. In the closing stages of the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War, the town was severely damaged by French soldiers commanded by the Comte de Choiseul, following their victory over an Imperial force at Rheinfelden on 7 July 1678. After the Second World War the city was under control of France from 1945-1952. The city was financially helped by the Swiss Fricktal to get over the financial struggles after the war.

Geography

Bad Säckingen is located in the very southwest of Germany on the High Rhine next to the Swiss border. The city lies on the southern edge of the Hotzenwald, which is the southern foothills of the Black Forest. The town of Bad Säckingen consists of the following former municipalities: * Harpolingen with the farms Lochmühle and Rüttehof and the houses Holdmatt * Rippolingen with the Flut farmstead and the Santihof houses * Säckingen with the district of Obersäckingen and the houses Am Bergsee * Wallbach *Close (15 km): Waldshut-Tiengen, Schopfheim, Lörrach, Basel, Brugg AG, Aarau AG, Zürich, Schaffhausen SH, St. Blasien, Todtmoos, Freiburg i.Br., Konstanz.