Bad Krozingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

🇩🇪 Bad Krozingen (Bad Chrotzige) is a spa town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km south-west of Freiburg. In the 1970s, the previously independent villages Biengen, Hausen an der Möhlin, Schlatt and Tunsel, including Schmidhofen, became part of Bad Krozingen.

Geography: Location Bad Krozingen is located in Breisgau, about 15 km south-west of Freiburg and 45 km north of Basel, surrounded by corn and tobacco fields. Together with Staufen the town forms a middle-order centre. The river Neumagen flows through the town, then into the Möhlin near Biengen, which flows into the Rhine at Breisach.

Neighbouring towns The neighbouring towns, clockwise from the north, include Breisach am Rhine, Munzigen, a district of Freiburg, Schallstadt, Ehrenkirchen, Staufen im Breisgau, Heitersheim, Eschbach and Hartheim.

The towns Biengen, Hausen an der Möhlin, Schlatt and Tunsel, which were independent until before the Community Reform in Baden-Württemberg in the 1970s, belong to Bad Krozingen. The four districts are localities in accordance with the municipal code of Baden-Württemberg, each having its own town council and a local mayor. • The towns Kems and Oberkrozingen also belong to Bad Krozingen. • Biengen was first mentioned in documents in the year 770 in the Lorsch codex and incorporated into Bad Krozingen in 1971. Weiler, Dottighofen and the village of Innighofen belong to Biengen. • Hausen an der Möhlin, first mentioned in documents in 1147, became part of Bad Krozingen in 1973. • Schlatt was first mentioned in documents in 1130. The Order of St. John in Heitersheim acquired Schlatt in 1371. In 1973 it became part of Bad Krozingen. • Tunsel, first mentioned in documents in 852 (elsewhere specified 860), became part of Bad Krozingen in 1974. Burghöfe, Schmidhofen and the village of Muttikofen belong to Tunsel.

History There are some finds (storage vessel and trapezoidal stone axe) which indicate that the area has been populated since the Neolithic. The Celts and Merovingians populated the area in the pre-Christian age and way past that. Open-field, river and place names, such as Neumagen, Möhlin, Kems, Tunsel, Belchen or Rhine, attest to that to the present day.

In the mid-1st century A.D. the Romans conquered the south-west of the present day area. Remains of a Roman road station, parts of pottery with kilns, a Roman fountain and foundations of several estates were founded in the following years. The Alemanni lived here from the 4th century. The oldest evidence of an Alemannic settlement includes graves at the former Roman road station and in the burial ground "Unterer Stollen" with 204 burials. Judging by the rich burial gifts, it was occupied between 500 and 700 A.D. Krozingen was mentioned for the first time in documents in the books of the monastery of St. Gallen as "Scrozzinga" in the year 808 A.D., probably named after the family of the Alemannic nobleman Crozzo. The town originated from the old centre Oberkrozingen, Kems and Unterkrozingen as an Alemannic village at the junction of the Roman road Basel-Offenburg on the Neumagen.

Krozingen was part of the Breisgau district of Further Austria until it was transferred to the Electorate of Baden in Peace of Pressburg in 1805 and it had different overlords. Schnewlin von Landeck, the lords of Schauenburg and the lords of Pfirt are among these. The former Pfirt castle, where the lords had their seat and which currently is the Volksbank building, was named after them.

Thermal water was found in 1911 when searching for oil, which was thought to be present in Upper Rhine Plain. This finding was crucial to Krozingen as a future spa town. In 1933, after further drilling and starting a health spa business, Krozingen was given the title "Bad" (bath). A modern spa house was completed in 1959.

The towns Biengen, Hausen an der Möhlin, Schlatt and Tunsel, which were independent until the administrative reform in the 1970s, became part of Bad Krozingen in 1972 and 1973. The former district of Müllheim became the newly created district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Bad Krozingen became a city on September 1, 2005 – the community, had become the second largest municipality in the district.

Culture: Museums Museum in Litschgihaus with an archaeological section

The museum has two halls. In the first one, there is a historical museum, which provides an overview of the history from the Paleolithic Age until nowadays. The main focus of the permanent exhibition is on the history of building houses, which is explained through models. On the contrary, the other hall hosts temporary exhibitions. The museum is located on Bundesstraße 3 and is open on Sundays from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Collection of historical keyboard instruments Neumeyer-Junghanns-Tracey

Since 1974 the Bad Kronzingen Palace hosts a collection of about 50 historical keyboard instruments, that had been collected by the harpsichordist Fritz Neumeyer (1900–1983). Some of these instruments can be heard regularly at the Bad Krozinger Palace concerts, where the entire collection can be seen.

Museum in Biengen Town Hall

The museum in Biengen Town Hall opened in July 2005 after two years of preparation and a lot of voluntary work. Many citizens work – under the umbrella of the local society Biengen e.V. – on a voluntary basis and in their free time. They give information to the visitors, organise special exhibitions and do the necessary renovation work and structural conversions. The museum wants to give an insight into the everyday history of the people who have been living here for generations.

Media Center A public library (media Center) opened in April 2015 near to the train station with 27000 medias about general knowledge, society, culture and science.

Litschgikeller / Josefshaus In Litschgihaus take place many types of cultural events such as cabaret, theatre, circus, Stand-up comedy, political cabaret, music and satirical theatre. In addition, there is a chamber-music series called „Piano & Mehr“. The centre of the stage is a Bechsteinflügel piano, which is played in different combinations with other instruments or with a singer.

JOKI Cinema at the train station JOKI Cinema was built in October 2002. Before the opening in the station on March 26, 2015, the shows used to take place in St. Josefshaus with a 35 mm projector and a large screen. Nowadays all the shows take place in the Media Center basement at the train station. The cinema is run by the society Joki-Kino e.V. The city and the Baden-Württemberg Media and Film Fund supported the construction of the new cinema in the new location Bahnhofstrasse 3b and support the company. There films are shown daily, except for Wednesdays. The cinema has 112 seats and three wheelchair places.