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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Tübingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
8,446 (31 Dec 2008)

State
  
Baden-Württemberg

District
  
Biberach

Postal codes
  
88427

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:05 AM


Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 54% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Museumsdorf Kürnbach, Schussenrieder Brauerei, Oberschwäbisches Museumsdorf Kürnbach

Street view bad schussenried in oberschwaben in germany


Bad Schussenried is a town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Map of 88427 Bad Schussenried, Germany

It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. Schussenried Abbey, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in Bad Schussenried. Its church and baroque library feature impressive architecture and artwork, including intricate ceiling frescoes.

The town is also home to a beer stein museum, the Schussenrieder Bierkrug Museum. [1]

Bad Schussenried has about 10,000 inhabitants. Oswald Metzger, a former Green party, now Christian democratic politician and cyclist Rolf Gölz, who won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, are from Bad Schussenried. The world champion women trick cyclists are also from Bad Schussenried.

Bikepark bad schussenried shape and ride 2015


World heritage site

It is home to one or more prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements that are part of the Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763-1823), chess player
  • Rolf Gölz (born 1962), professional cyclist and , sporting director of racing team Gerolsteiner
  • Personalities who have worked locally

  • Conradin Kreutzer (1780-1849), composer and band leader, visited the monastery school in Schussenried
  • References

    Bad Schussenried Wikipedia