Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach

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Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
Municipality
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows
Coat of arms
Location of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach within Freudenstadt district
Interactive map of Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach
Location within Germany Show map of Germany Location within Baden-Württemberg Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°22′38″N 8°17′31″E / 48.37722°N 8.29194°E / 48.37722; 8.29194
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Freudenstadt
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Bernhard Waidele (CDU)
Area
• Total	73.14 km2 (28.24 sq mi)
Elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	2,025
• Density	27.69/km2 (71.71/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77776
Dialling codes	07440, 07839
Vehicle registration	FDS, HCH, HOR, WOL
Website	www.bad-rippoldsau-schapbach.de

Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach (Low Alemannic: Ribbeldsau-Schaba) is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

Geography

The municipality is located in the Black Forest in the Wolftal valley, 15 km away from Freudenstadt. It is divided into two villages, Bad Rippoldsau and Schapbach. Bad Rippoldsau has an elevation of 560 meters and Schapbach has an elevation of 410 meters.

History

The first historical mention of Bad Rippoldsau was in 1179, of Schapbach in 1220. Until 1974 the two villages were two municipalities, but then they became one. Since the 15th century there has been a spa in Bad Rippoldsau.

Sights

• The Catholic pilgrimage church of Bad Rippoldsau, which was built in 1829 by Christoph Arnold, a pupil of Friedrich Weinbrenner.
• The baroque church of Schapbach
• The Kastelstein, a rock near Bad Rippoldsau.
• The Glaswaldsee, a cirque lake which was formed by glaciers during the last ice age
• The Burgbach Waterfall, at 32 metres, is one of the highest free-falling cascades in Germany
• From September 2010 there has been a wildlife park here with bears and wolves, located between the villages of Schapbach and Bad Rippoldsau.

Government

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Personality

• George Michael Gaisser (1595–1655), Prior in St. Nicholas and Lord in Klosterbad Rippoldsau during the Thirty Years' War
• Christian Haldenwang (1770–1831), artist and engraver, buried in Bad Rippoldsau
• Christoph Arnold (1779–1844), architect, builder of Rippoldsau Catholic Church
• Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886), writer, poet of The emergence of Rippoldsau or the story of brother Rippold and The Sweden in Rippoldsau
• Heinrich Hans Jacob (1837–1916), writer, author of numerous stories about the Wolf valley
• Marc Rosenberg (1852–1930), art historian, philologist and collector, owner of the "Schlössle" on the Schmiedsberg in Schapbach where parts of his collections were housed.
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet, spa guest in Bad Rippoldsau
• Anna Schmid (1928–2010), long-time head of Rippoldsauer old plant, holder of the Federal Order of Merit
• Chris Weller (born 1957), musician and composer, grew up in Schapbach

References

External links

• Timelapse video of the village centre of Schapbacher on 17.10.2017 on YouTube

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