Bad Schussenried

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Bad Schussenried Wappen.pnglat_deg = 48 |lat_min = 0 |lat_sec = 24
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 39 |lon_sec = 31
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Baden-Württemberg
Regierungsbezirk = Tübingen
Landkreis = Biberach
Höhe = 570
Fläche = 55.02
Einwohner = 8458
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 88427
PLZ-alt = 7953
Vorwahl = 07583
Kfz = BC
Gemeindeschlüssel = 08 4 26 014
Straße = Wilhelm-Schussen-Str. 36
Website = [http://www.bad-schussenried.de/ www.bad-schussenried.de]
Bürgermeister = Georg Beetz

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. [http://www.steincollectors.org/library/articles/museums/Schussen]

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.

External links

* [http://www.bad-schussenried.de Bad Schussenried] (in German)
* [http://www.zfp-web.de Zentren für Psychiatrie (Centers for psychiatry)] (in German)