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Bad Dürrheim
Bad Dürrheim Spa park
Bad Dürrheim Spa park
Coat of arms of Bad Dürrheim
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
Elevation
703 m (2,306 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)
 • Total 13,659
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
78073
Dialling codes 07726 / 07706
Vehicle registration VS

Bad Dürrheim (Low Alemannic: Diirä) is a town in the district of Schwarzwald-Baar, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated east of the Black Forest, 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Donaueschingen, and 6 km (3.7 mi) southeast of Villingen.

From 1951 until 1978, Bad Dürrheim was a location of a broadcasting transmitter for mediumwave.

Mayors

  • 1946–1954: Wilhelm Grießhaber
  • 1954–1979: Otto Weissenberger
  • 1979–2003: Gerhard Hagmann
  • 2003–2019: Walter Klumpp
  • 2019– : Jonathan Berggötz

Twin towns — sister cities

Bad Dürrheim is twinned with:

  • Hungary Hajdúszoboszló, Hungary
  • France Enghien-les-Bains, France
  • Italy Spotorno, Italy

Honorary citizens

  • 1937: Walter Köhler (1897–1989), politician (NSDAP), (Minister-President of Baden), honorary citizenship cancelled on 28 May 1946 by order of the District Administrator Bienzeisler of Villingen
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