Bad Ditzenbach

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Bavaria
County :	Passau
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Area :	55.06 km 2
Residents:	7658 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	139 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	94072
Area code :	08531
License plate :	PA
Community key :	09 2 75 116
LOCODE :	DE FUU
Community structure:	40 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 6 ; 94072 Bad Füssing
Website :	www.gde-badfuessing.de
First Mayor :	Tobias Kurz (WG Würding)
Location of the municipality of Bad Füssing in the district of Passau

Bad Füssing (until 1969 Füssing ) is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Passau and a health resort in the Lower Bavarian spa triangle . The thermal baths Füssing is the economic center of the municipality of Bad Füssing, which was newly formed in 1971 from the municipalities of Safferstetten , Egglfing am Inn , Würding and Aigen .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located in the southern district of Passau in the flat Pockinger Heide and on the Inn , over which a bridge leads to Obernberg am Inn in Austria . The place is located around 30 kilometers south of Passau , 20 kilometers southwest of Schärding , a good 20 kilometers northwest of Ried im Innkreis , 25 kilometers east of Simbach am Inn and about 150 kilometers east of the Bavarian capital Munich and about 100 kilometers west of Upper Austria State capital Linz .

Lower Bavarian spa triangle

With Bad Griesbach im Rottal and Bad Birnbach , Bad Füssing forms the Lower Bavarian spa triangle .

Community structure

The community has 40 districts:

Neighboring communities

The Europa Therme

Europa Therme: facility and pools in the outdoor area

The Catholic parish church of the Holy Spirit, in the foreground the Catholic parish kindergarten of St. Christophorus

Evangelical Christ Church in Bad Füssing

The Bad Füssing casino

The Great Kurhaus

The spa gardens

history

In 735, Duke Hugibert of Bavaria donated the Saferstetten estate to the Prince Archdiocese of Salzburg . 1441 exchanged the canons of Mattighofen with the Passau bishop Leonhard von Laiming the Hofmark Safferstetten for the Hofmark Reding.

The district of Aigen am Inn was first mentioned in historical documents around 1010 and is known for its Leonhardi ride, which annually attracts riders from Bavaria and the Alpine countries on the first Sunday in November. The veneration of Saint Leonhard in Aigen has been attested since the Middle Ages . The village is considered to be the nucleus of the widespread worship of this saint in Lower Bavaria .

Until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss in 1803, with which the rule of Riedenburg, which had been in Passau since 1175, and the entire bishopric of Passau became part of the Electorate and later the Kingdom of Bavaria , only the hamlet of Füssing belonged to the Electorate of Bavaria , the rest of the parish was Passau. With the Bavarian municipal edict of 1818 , the political communities Safferstetten, Egglfing am Inn, Würding and Aigen came into being.

After thermal springs were found during the search for oil in the former Safferstetten district of Füssing in 1937/38 , the spa business began in the 1950s. In 1969, the district of Füssing was given the title "Bad". With the municipal reform on April 1, 1971, the municipality of Bad Füssing was newly formed from the municipalities of Safferstetten, Egglfing am Inn and Würding. Aigen joined on January 1, 1972. In 1999 a licensed casino opened in Bad Füssing .

Bad Füssing has developed into a major health resort with over two million overnight stays per year in just a few decades.

Well in Bad Füssing

Entrance area Johannesbad

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 5,190 to 7,572 by 2,382 inhabitants or 45.9% - the highest percentage increase in the district in the period mentioned.

politics

Municipal council

The Bad Füssing municipal council consists of 20 members and the first mayor. The election on March 15, 2020 had the following result:

	Seats	Share of votes
CSU	6th	29.22%
Alliance 90 / The Greens	1	7.24%
SPD	1	2.99%
Community of voters Bürgerliche Einigkeit Würding	4th	19.89%
Aigen a.Inn	3	12.43%
Unity of voters in Egglfing	2	10.46%
Independent community of citizens	1	6.23%
Voting community Bad Füssing	1	7.07%
Voting community Irching	1	4.48%
total	20th	100.00%

mayor

The first mayor has been Tobias Kurz (community of voters for civil unity Würding) since May 1, 2020; he was elected in the runoff election on March 29, 2020 with 54.8% of the vote. Martin Neun is the 2nd mayor of Bad Füssingen, Brigitte Steidele is the third mayor.

Kurz's predecessor was Alois Brundobler (CSU / voter communities) from May 1, 2002 to April 30, 2020.

Community partnerships

Italy Italy : There is a partnership relationship with Abano Terme , a spa.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver over a blue fifteen-link chain placed after the lower edge of the shield with open bells at both ends a red two- bowl fountain with a conical central column and a blue central fountain from the small upper bowl, pouring in two rays into the lower bowl."

Declaration of the coat of arms: The heraldic stylized fountain symbolizes the thermal baths in Füssing, originated in 1972 from the municipalities of Safferstetten, Egglfing am Inn, Würding and Aigen and thus also stands for the addition of "Bad" to the name. The chain is an attribute of St. Leonhard von Noblat and is a reminder of the long-standing Leonhardi pilgrimage to Aigen. Bad Füssing has had the coat of arms since 1973 based on the municipal council resolution and the approval of the government of Lower Bavaria with a letter dated February 20, 1973.

Economy and Infrastructure

Jobs

In 2017 there were 3744 jobs subject to social security contributions in the municipality. Of the resident population, 2185 people were in an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of in-commuters was 1,559 more than that of out-commuters. 137 inhabitants were unemployed.

traffic

Road traffic

State roads 2110 and 2117 connect the community to federal road 12 , which runs through the neighboring communities. This federal highway is to be expanded to the federal highway 94 . The federal motorway 3 runs about 15 km away .

Rail transport

The closest passenger station is the Pocking station on the Passau – Mühldorf railway line, approx. 8 km away . Until the timetable change in December 2014, one of the last holiday intercity buses to and from Hamburg was still connected on this line on Saturdays .

Between 1894 and 1996 the Simbach am Inn – Pocking railway crossed the municipality, with a stop in Aigen am Inn that was served until June 1, 1969 . This was completely dismantled by 2002 and converted into a cycle path.

In Austria the Salzkammergutbahn with the stops Hart im Innkreis and Antiesenhofen runs approx. 10 km past Bad Füssing. This connects Schärding with Ried im Innkreis .

Bus transport

The regional bus traffic in the municipality is integrated into the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Passau . It is the end of the line of the Passau – Pocking – Bad Füssing connection, which is operated in regular intervals. In addition, the local bus company Eichberger offers local bus services with five lines.

From Monday to Saturday, the spa resort is by a direct bus DB subsidiary RBO with the Munich main station connected.

Development of tourism

In 1947 Safferstetten had 80 agricultural properties, the hamlet of Füssing consisted of six farms.

Development of tourism (until 1965 Safferstetten, then Bad Füssing)
year	Residents	beds	Overnight stays
1947	476	-	-
1957	707	230	14,060
1960	708	730	113,800
1965	806	1530	306.949
1975	6,056	-	1,565,000
1985	6,423	11,695	2,570,508
2004	6,463	14,692	2,626,837
2008	6,569	14,733	2,611,683
2012		12,524	2,372,280
2014		12,029	2,291.029

Bad Füssing first reached the mark of two million overnight stays per year in 1979.

Spa facilities

The marketing logo of the Bad Füssing community

The 56 degree warm thermal water helps with arthritis , spinal problems, osteoporosis and metabolic diseases such as gout . Spa stays in Bad Füssing are also recommended for the follow-up treatment of surgical interventions and for rehabilitation after a heart attack .

There are the following public spa facilities:

Therme 1
Europa Therme
Johannesbad ( Johannesbad Group )
Sauna courtyard

In addition, several hotels are connected to the thermal water ring line and offer in-house exercise and / or whirlpool baths.

education

2018 there was in the municipality according to official statistics

four day-care centers with a total of 263 places and 246 children
an elementary school with eight classes and 192 students.

Attractions

Parish Church of the Holy Spirit (Catholic) in Bad Füssing

Christ Church (Protestant) in Bad Füssing

Bad Füssing casino
Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary to St. Leonhard in Aigen
Leonhardi Museum in Aigen, local museum, including the history of the Leonhardi pilgrimage
Amber Museum Bad Füssing
2 award-winning cinemas: Film gallery & cinema in the Great Kurhaus

Personalities

Honorary citizen

1976: Karl Freiherr von Moreau (†), District Assembly President of Lower Bavaria 1970–1978
1984: Max Frankenberger (†), Mayor of Bad Füssing (previously Safferstetten) 1960–1984
1997: Sebastian Schenk (†), District Assembly President of Lower Bavaria 1978–1998
1997: Alfred Hanel (†), teacher

Connected with Bad Füssing

Eduard Zwick (1921–1998), physician and entrepreneur, known as the "Spa King", promoted Bad Füssing's rise to a spa
Joachim Cardinal Meisner (1933–2017), Archbishop Emeritus of Cologne, died in Bad Füssing
Johannes Zwick (* 1955), doctor and entrepreneur (Johannesbad Group)