Bad Schussenried

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Location of Bad Schussenried in Germany

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

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Coordinates: 48°01′N 9°39′E

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