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Erwin Hymer Museum
Unique museum celebrating road trip culture with vintage camper vans, caravans, and dream routes from around the world.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Bad Waldsee
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Bad Waldsee
Bad Waldsee is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Bergatreute, 55km from Blautopf.
Bad Waldsee is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Bergatreute, about 8 km away.
Bad Waldsee (German pronunciation: [baːt ˈvaltˌzeː] ) is a town in Upper Swabia in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Ravensburg. It is situated 20 km south of Biberach an der Riß, and 20 km northeast of Ravensburg. The town has a historic old city with landmarks and pedestrian zone. Bad WaldseeRead more
is the district center for the Bodensee-Oberschwaben district and is the seat of the townships of Bad Waldsee, Aulendorf and Bergatreute.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bad Waldsee?
Within an hour or so of Bad Waldsee: Erwin Hymer Museum (2 km), Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (36 km), Meersburg Castle (44 km), Mainau Island (48 km).
Are there any good drives near Bad Waldsee?
The nearest famous roads are Riedberg Pass, Oberjoch Jochstrasse and Furkajoch.
Where is Bad Waldsee?
Bad Waldsee is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 8 km from Bergatreute.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 19,840
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 47.9203, 9.7549
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
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 Waldsee
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The world's largest airship collection, in the Bauhaus harbour station of the town where the giants were built, including a walk-through, full-scale reconstruction of the Hindenburg's passenger quarters.
36 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Meersburg Castle
Germany's oldest inhabited castle overlooks Lake Constance from a vineyard terrace in a charming medieval old town.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
48 km · about 55 min drive
museum
Autobau Erlebniswelt
Racing driver Fredy Lienhard's supercar and motorsport collection in a former Romanshorn industrial plant on Lake Constance: Ferraris, Le Mans prototypes and Indy cars.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Blautopf
An impossibly blue, 21 m-deep karst spring pot in Blaubeuren, mouth of one of Germany's largest cave systems; the colour comes from light scattering in limestone-saturated water.
55 km · about 65 min drive
museum
Rolls-Royce Museum Dornbirn
One of the world's largest Rolls-Royce collections, filling a converted 19th-century mill in the Gütle valley near Dornbirn with Phantoms and Silver Ghosts once owned by royalty.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Waldsee
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 62 kmRiedberg PassGermany's highest paved mountain pass at 1,407 m, carrying the B308 Alpine road over gradients up to 16% between Balderschwang and the Illertal in the Allgaeu Alps.
- 67 kmOberjoch JochstrasseThe most bend-rich road in Germany: the B308 Jochstrasse coils through over 100 curves as it climbs from Bad Hindelang to the mountain village of Oberjoch at 1,178 m in the Allgaeu.
- 73 kmFurkajochA narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
- 78 kmHochtannberg PassA pass linking the Bregenzerwald to Lech, held open through winter for the ski resorts.
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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