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Bad Säckingen: Fridolin minster
Bad Säckingen: panorama from swiss border
Wooden bridge between Säckingen and Stein with St. Fridolin's Cathedral in Säckingen in the background
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Bad Säckingen

Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe

About Bad Säckingen

Bad Säckingen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Eiken, 41km from Titisee.

Bad Säckingen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Eiken, about 4 km away.

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

Read more 19th-century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.

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What is there to see near Bad Säckingen?

Within an hour or so of Bad Säckingen: Pantheon Basel (24 km), Basel (27 km), Basel Zoo (28 km), Feldberg (36 km).

Are there any good drives near Bad Säckingen?

The nearest famous roads are Circuit Bremgarten, Route des Vins d'Alsace and Glaubenbielen Pass.

Where is Bad Säckingen?

Bad Säckingen is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 4 km from Eiken.

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Quick Information

Population
16,549
Continent
Europe
Country
Germany
Region
Baden-Wurttemberg
Timezone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
47.5537, 7.9461

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Germany

Police
110
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
All emergencies
112
Driving side
right

ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.

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Worth the detour from Bad Säckingen

8 notable places within an hour's drive.

museum

Pantheon Basel

Striking rotunda in Muttenz where a spiral ramp climbs past decades of classic cars and motorcycles: part museum, part working forum for Basel's vintage-car scene.

24 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Basel

A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.

27 km · about 30 min drive

landmark

Basel Zoo

Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.

28 km · about 30 min drive

scenic viewpoint

Feldberg

The Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.

36 km · about 40 min drive

natural wonder

Titisee

A glacial lake in the southern Black Forest surrounded by forested hills, popular for swimming, boating, and winter sports.

41 km · about 50 min drive

landmark

Zürich Old Town & Lake

Switzerland's largest city blending a medieval old town with trendy districts, all set along the Limmat River and the shores of Lake Zürich.

49 km · about 55 min drive

landmark

Freiburg im Breisgau

The sunny gateway to the Black Forest, with a Gothic minster, Bächle waterways in the old town, and a vibrant university atmosphere.

50 km · about 60 min drive

cathedral

Freiburg Minster

A red-sandstone Gothic masterpiece whose lacy openwork spire towers over a market square at the edge of the Black Forest.

50 km · about 55 min drive

Driving roads near Bad Säckingen

12 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.

  • 36 kmFeldbergThe Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.
  • 68 kmMount PilatusA jagged mountain above Lucerne reachable by the world's steepest cogwheel railway, steeped in dragon legends and offering 73-peak panoramas.
  • 69 kmMount RigiThe 'Queen of the Mountains' above Lake Lucerne, site of Europe's first mountain railway and offering sunrise panoramas over the Alps.
  • 74 kmGrand BallonThe highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
  • 78 kmCircuit BremgartenThe 7.3km forest circuit outside Bern where racing ended after Switzerland banned circuit motorsport in 1955. Its dappled, constantly curving roads through the Bremgartenwald are open to traffic and eerily unchanged.

Driving in Germany

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€1.78/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

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