Bad Schussenried

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Bad Schussenried
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Bad Schussenried
Bad Schussenried (Germany)
Bad Schussenried
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Biberach
Mayor Georg Beetz
Basic statistics
Area 55.02 km² (21.2 sq mi)
Elevation 570 m  (1870 ft)
Population 8,458  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 154 /km² (398 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate BC
Postal code 88427
Area code 07583
Website www.bad-schussenried.de

Coordinates: 48°0′24″N 9°39′31″E / 48.00667, 9.65861

Bad Schussenried is a 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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