Bad Buchau is a health resort in Baden Württemberg, west of Biberach an der Riss, directly on the Federsee. The main attractions are the moor and mineral spa, as well as the Federsee with its surrounding moor areas «e.g. Eiswackelwäldle»

Obviously people felt at home here as early as the Stone Age, as numerous finds from Ice Age reindeer hunters and pile farmers attest. The oldest wooden wheels in Europe were found here. Bad Buchau used to be in the middle of the Federsee, which resulted in a safe location without towers or city walls.

At the end of the 18th century, the Federsee was lowered and Buchau lost its island protection


From 1896 to 1917 the city was connected to the Federseebahn, a narrow-gauge railway from Schussenried via Buchau to Riedlingen to the railway network.
The monument locomotive 99 637 at the former station commemorates this time.

Buchau officially became Bad Buchau in September 1963 with the status of mud spa.

The <1001> NABU nature conservation center Federsee ONLINE Info} looks after the moor and is the contact point for visitors and a training center.

       

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Attractions:

* Federsee, an important bird sanctuary and retreat for 265 species of birds
* Federseemuseum
* Federseesteg «makes the moorland accessible»
* Eiswackelwäldle - on a former pond «formerly used to extract ice » grown forest. The surface is only ´strengthened´ by roots, which creates an elastic subsurface. Trees and the ground can be made to ´wobble´ by jumping
* Adelindis - Therme with 47.5 ° hot thermal water from 795m depth. The thermal baths offer a thermal bath and sauna area, an active park with a sports pool, equipment course and barefoot path and wellness offers.

         

Architecturally worth seeing: * Collegiate Church of St. Cornelius and Cyprianus, built 1774-1776 by Pierre Michel d´Ixnard


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