Bad Saulgau is a town in the district of Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen (district)

Sigmaringen is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Reutlingen, Biberach, Ravensburg, Bodensee, Constance and Zollernalbkreis.-History:...

, in Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...

, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated 23 km east of Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen

Sigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....

, and 27 km north of Ravensburg

Ravensburg

Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...

 between the Danube

Danube

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 and Lake Constance

Lake Constance

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The location was already a Celt

Celt

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ic settlement and owes its name to the spring goddess Sulis

Sulis

In localised Celtic polytheism practised in Britain, Sulis was a deity worshipped at the thermal spring of Bath . She was worshipped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tablets suggest that she was conceived of both as a nourishing, life-giving mother...

. The first historical reference to the settlement dates back to 819. In 1239, the town was acknowledged by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

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. It became a possession of the House of Habsburg in 1299, and thus part of the Holy Roman Empire

Holy Roman Empire

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In Napoleonic times, it was given to the Kingdom of Württemberg

Kingdom of Württemberg

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. During World War II

World War II

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, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town. The name of the town was officially changed in 2000 from Saulgau to Bad Saulgau.

Coat of arms	District	Inhabitants	Area
	Bad Saulgau (main locality)	11.673	5690 ha
	Bierstetten and Steinbronnen	591	615 ha
	Bolstern and Heratskirch	417	1206 ha
	Bondorf	333	278 ha
	Braunenweiler/Untereggartsweiler	553	1005 ha
	Friedberg	406	541 ha
	Fulgenstadt	672	673 ha
	Großtissen and Kleintissen	374	669 ha
	Haid-Sießen-Bogenweiler	874	1320 ha
	Hochberg and Luditsweiler	579	664 ha
	Lampertsweiler	302	252 ha
	Moosheim	337	443 ha
	Renhardsweiler	273	170 ha
	Wolfartsweiler	275	351 ha