Wallbach (Bad Saeckingen)

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Wallbach
Wallbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 33 ′ 54 ″  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 55 ″  E
Height : 290 m
Residents : 1500
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Wallbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Wallbach

Location of Wallbach in Baden-Württemberg

Wallbach is a district of Bad Säckingen , about two kilometers to the west. It is a rural industrial village directly on the Rhine. Wallbach can be reached from Bad Säckingen on foot, by car, public transport and the so-called Trumpeter Ship.

Church of St. Mary

The settlement was favored by a ford over the Rhine. The place Walabuck is first mentioned in 1283. Wallbach has always had close ties to the Swiss community of the same name on the other side of the Rhine.

On April 1, 1972, Wallbach was incorporated into the city of Säckingen.

The nationally known garbage museum , which has existed since December 3, 1991, is also located in Wallbach . The basis for the collection was the activity as a bulldozer driver , which the founder carried out on a landfill.

Wallbach is close to the Hochrheinbahn .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ bad-saeckingen-tourismus.de: Bad Säckingen - district “Wallbach” , accessed on September 2, 2011
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 501 .
  3. ↑ Hildegard Siebold: Bad Säckingen: Family in collecting fever: Wallbach garbage museum celebrates its 20th birthday , September 1, 2011, accessed on September 23, 2011

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