Bad Zurzach

former municipality in Zurzach in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Key facts

Country: Switzerland
Canton: Aargau
District: Zurzach
Executive: Gemeinderat , with 5 members
Mayor: Gemeindeammann , Reto S. Fuchs Ind. , (as of 2013)
Parliament: None (Gemeindeversammlung)
Total: 6.52 km (2.52 sq mi)
Elevation hauptstrasse schwertgasse: 340 m (1,120 ft)
Density: 672/km (1,740/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: CH-AG
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Bad Zurzach ( Swiss Standard German pronunciation: [baːd ˈtsʊrtsax] ) is a village and former municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. On 1 January 2022 the former municipalities of Bad Zurzach, Baldingen, Böbikon, Kaiserstuhl, Rekingen, Rietheim, Rümikon and Wislikofen merged into the new municipality of Zurzach.

Bad Zurzach was previously known as Zurzach; the population voting for the official name change in a referendum of 21 May 2006. Located on the Rhine, Bad Zurzach has a thermal water bath and an outdoor bathing facility. The old market town, the St. Verena convent church with its treasure, the Roman Catholic Church and the late Roman castle Tenedo on the Kirchlibuck hill are listed as heritage sites of national significance.