Bad Schussenried is a city in Baden Württemberg, Germany. It is member of "Cittaslow", an organisation that aims to improve the quality of life in towns by slowing down its overall pace, especially in a city's use of spaces and the flow of life and traffic through them. The town is on the "Upper Swabian Baroque Route", the "Swabian Bath Road" and the "Way of Saint James". The Humboldt Institute has a branch here. Its population was 9300 in 2023.

Understand

Evidence of habitation from the Stone Age can be found here. The town was founded in 1153 with the original monastery established in 1138.

Get in

By train

Bad Schussenried is located on the Southern Railway. The stations of the „Southern Railway“ are: Stuttgart Hbf – Esslingen (Neckar) – Plochingen – Göppingen – Geislingen (Steige) – Ulm Hbf – Laupheim – Biberach (Riß) – Bad Schussenried – Aulendorf – Ravensburg – Meckenbeuren – Friedrichshafen.

By plane

The nearest airports are: Friedrichshafen (FDH ^IATA), Memmingen (FMM ^IATA) and Stuttgart (STR ^IATA)

See

• 1 Schussenried Abbey (Kloster Schussenried). Year-round: Exhibitions in Schussenried Abbey. The preserved buildings of Schussenried Monastery a former Premonstratensian imperial monastery founded in 1183, are worth seeing. In 1748, construction of the entire monastery complex began, but barely half of it was completed. The building project followed the example of Wiblingen Abbey. Both monasteries are characterized by their outstanding library rooms in the north wing of the monastery complex. A chapter house in the east was demolished in the early 19th century. The St. Magnus Church, which was converted into a baroque style shortly before the new monastery was built, has been preserved from the Middle Ages. It is a three-aisled basilica with baroque furnishings.  
• 2 Bierkrugmuseum (Beer mug museum), Wilhelm-Schussen-Straße 12, ☏ +49 7583 4040. Beer mugs from the Ott collection in all sizes from five centuries are on display there. Guided tours take you to the Schussenried Ott brewery, where the third largest rock crystal in the world is also on display. 
• 3 Oberschwäbisches Museumsdorf Kürnbach (Upper Swabian Museum Village Kürnbach :), Griesweg 30. In the district of Kürnbach is the Upper Swabian Museum Village, founded in 1969, where Upper Swabian farmhouses were moved that could no longer be preserved in their original location. In the meantime, a real village with 31 buildings and furnishings from six centuries has been built around the thatched roof house from 1664, the only one at the original location. The Swabian Railway Association operates the 1.1-km-long "Kürnbach Steam Railway". (updated Dec 2024)
• Ailinger Erlebnismühle. An old mill.
• Carriage museum
• Spring of the Schussen
• Pilgrimage church of Steinhausen

Events

• Fasnet (Carnival). In February or March, 48 days before Easter Sunday. With the highlights "Gumpige Thursday" and "Rose Monday". 
• Culinary specialties market. In June. 
• June: Parkfest and Tour de Baroque
• July: Culture night, Tennis world ranking tournament "Schneider-Open".
• Mid-September: Magnus, children's and Heimatfest
• End of September or beginning of October: Oktoberfest / Fuhrmannstag
• November: full moon run
• Early December: Christmas, horse and shop market

Do

• Go to the "Kurpark".
• Swim in the "Zellersee Naturfreibad" or "Olzreuter See".
• Learn German on the Humboldt Institut.

Buy

The town has the usual collection of stores such as ALDI, Lidl, Müller, Netto and Rewe.

Eat

• 1 Andelfinger Café Konditorei, Wilhelm-Schussen-Str. 17, 88427 Bad Schussenried, ☏ +49 7583 3400. 
• 2 Café Schmid, Dorfstr. 6, 88427 Bad Schussenried / Steinhausen. 
• 3 Landgasthof zur Linde, Ingoldinger Str. 2, 88427 Bad Schussenried / Steinhausen, ☏ +49 7583 23 81. 
• 4 Zur Dicken Hilde, Ziegeleiweg 2, 88427 Bad Schussenried, ☏ +49 7583 927670. 

Sleep

• 1 Hotel Amerika, Zeppelinstraße, ☏ +49 7583 9425-0. 
• 2 Hotel Barbara, Georg-Kaess-Straße 2,, ☏ +49 7583 4133. 
• 3 Holiday home "Am Kurpark", Am Kurpark 5, ☏ +49 7583 9469089, ferienwohnung.schussenried@gmail.com. 

Go next

• Bodensee
• Ulm