Bad Säckingen

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Bad Säckingen (German pronunciation:[baːtˈzɛkɪŋən]^ⓘ;High Alemannic:Bad Säckinge) is a rural town in the administrative district ofWaldshut in the state ofBaden-Württemberg inGermany. It is famous as the "Trumpeter's City" because of the bookDer Trompeter von Säckingen ("The Trumpeter of Säckingen"), a famous 19th-century novel by German authorJoseph Victor von Scheffel.

Bad Säckingen
Town
Bad Säckingen; panorama from Swiss border
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Säckingen within Waldshut district
Bad Säckingen Show map of Germany Bad Säckingen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates:47°33′N7°57′E / 47.550°N 7.950°E /47.550; 7.950
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Waldshut
Government
• Mayor(2019–27)	Alexander Guhl^[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	25.34 km² (9.78 sq mi)
Elevation	291 m (955 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• Total	17,660
• Density	700/km² (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79701–79713
Dialling codes	07761
Vehicle registration	SÄK
Website	http://www.bad-saeckingen.de/

Geography

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Bad Säckingen is located in the very southwest of Germany on theHigh Rhine next to theSwiss border. The city lies on the southern edge of theHotzenwald, which is the southern foothills of theBlack Forest.

Constitutuent communities

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The town of Bad Säckingen consts of the following former municipalities:

Harpolingen with the farms Lochmühle and Rüttehof and the houses Holdmatt
Rippolingen with the Flut farmstead and the Santihof houses
Säckingen with the district of Obersäckingen and the houses Am Bergsee
Wallbach

Nearby places

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Close (<15 km):Wallbach,Wehr (Baden),Murg am Hochrhein,Laufenburg (Baden),Stein AG,Rheinfelden (Schweiz),Rheinfelden (Baden),Rickenbach (Hotzenwald)
Further away (>15 km):Waldshut-Tiengen,Schopfheim,Lörrach,Basel,Brugg AG,Aarau AG,Zürich,Schaffhausen SH,St. Blasien,Todtmoos,Freiburg i.Br.,Konstanz.

Origin of the name

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Säckingen (since 1978 Bad Säckingen, first mentioned in a document in 878 as Seckinga) is traditionally considered to be the foundation of anAlemanni group called Secco. However, the name of the city most likely originated from the Germanization of a Roman place name (Sanctio) (similar toAachen,Baden-Baden and others), possibly from the name of the Diocletian provinceMaxima Sequanorum, founded in 297 AD.

In the Latin text of Fridolinsvita (970), Säckingen is called Secanis and Seconis (pronunciation a>o) and in 1207 also Seconia. Seconis is to be interpreted as a local case of Seconia, which can be easily derived from Sequaniacum (= sanctuary of Sequana). According to the belief of the Celts, the goddess of springs, the art of healing and health revealed herself in the swampy soil of the saline thermal baths of Säckingen (seik – "dripping flow", Sequana – "daughter of the springs").

The author of Fridolinsvita based himself on a concept that had probably originated as early as the 8th century and had preferred the pre-Alemannic place name. However, the emerging tax cadastre of the Franks could not do without Seckinga.

In the documents of the 13th century, the Celto-Roman place name was used again as a sign of erudition: 1275 Sigillum Civium Seconiensium = seal of the citizens of the city of Seconis (Seconiis = "at the Temple of Seconia").

History

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The history of the city dates back to the early 6th Century, whenSaint Fridolin foundedSäckingen Abbey and a church. Around 1200 most of the city was destroyed in a huge fire. Afterwards, construction began in the middle of the town on aGothic cathedral, called theFridolinsmünster, which can still be visited today.

In the closing stages of the 1672–1678Franco-Dutch War, the town was severely damaged by French soldiers commanded by theComte de Choiseul, following their victory over an Imperial force atRheinfelden on 7 July 1678.^[3]

After theSecond World War the city was under control of France from 1945-1952. The city was financially helped by the SwissFricktal to get over the financial struggles after the war.^[4]