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Erwin Hymer Museum
Unique museum celebrating road trip culture with vintage camper vans, caravans, and dream routes from around the world.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Bad Schussenried
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany · Europe
About Bad Schussenried
Bad Schussenried is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Aulendorf, 47km from Blautopf.
Bad Schussenried is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with about 8,300 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Aulendorf, about 6 km away.
Bad Schussenried (German pronunciation: [ˌbaːt ˈʃʊsn̩ʁiːt] ; Swabian: Schussariad) is a spa town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route and the Swabian Spa Route.
Schussenried Abbey, a former monastery founded in 1183, is located in BadRead more
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.
Bad Schussenried had a population of 8,537 at the end of 2015.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Bad Schussenried?
Within an hour or so of Bad Schussenried: Erwin Hymer Museum (11 km), Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen (41 km), Meersburg Castle (45 km), Blautopf (47 km).
Are there any good drives near Bad Schussenried?
The nearest famous roads are Riedberg Pass, Oberjoch Jochstrasse and Furkajoch.
Where is Bad Schussenried?
Bad Schussenried is in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, about 6 km from Aulendorf.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 8,319
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Baden-Wurttemberg
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 48.0047, 9.6574
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Bad Schussenried
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
The world's largest airship collection, in the Bauhaus harbour station of the town where the giants were built, including a walk-through, full-scale reconstruction of the Hindenburg's passenger quarters.
41 km · about 50 min drive
castle
Meersburg Castle
Germany's oldest inhabited castle overlooks Lake Constance from a vineyard terrace in a charming medieval old town.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
Blautopf
An impossibly blue, 21 m-deep karst spring pot in Blaubeuren, mouth of one of Germany's largest cave systems; the colour comes from light scattering in limestone-saturated water.
47 km · about 55 min drive
landmark
Mainau Island
A Mediterranean flower island on Lake Constance bursts with palms, butterfly house and a baroque palace garden.
48 km · about 55 min drive
castle
Lichtenstein Castle
A romantic 19th-century 'fairy-tale castle' clings to a sheer cliff edge above the Echaz valley on the Swabian Alb.
54 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Autobau Erlebniswelt
Racing driver Fredy Lienhard's supercar and motorsport collection in a former Romanshorn industrial plant on Lake Constance: Ferraris, Le Mans prototypes and Indy cars.
54 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Bad Schussenried
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 74 kmRiedberg PassGermany's highest paved mountain pass at 1,407 m, carrying the B308 Alpine road over gradients up to 16% between Balderschwang and the Illertal in the Allgaeu Alps.
- 78 kmOberjoch JochstrasseThe most bend-rich road in Germany: the B308 Jochstrasse coils through over 100 curves as it climbs from Bad Hindelang to the mountain village of Oberjoch at 1,178 m in the Allgaeu.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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