Waldshut-Tiengen: Twin Town on the High Rhine at the Swiss Border
Waldshut-Tiengen is a twin town formed in 1975 from the merger of Waldshut and Tiengen, both on the High Rhine at the Swiss border in Baden-Wuerttemberg. About 22,400 people live here. Waldshut's Kaiserstrasse, a long pedestrianised street lined with arcaded houses, runs through the old town above the Rhine. Tiengen's Schloss, now housing the local court, overlooks the Wutach river where it meets the Rhine.
The Swiss city of Zurich is about 60 kilometres south. The Black Forest rises directly to the north. The Hochrhein here forms the international border, and cross-border traffic with Switzerland is constant. Swiss shoppers cross to Waldshut for lower German prices on groceries and consumer goods, giving the town a retail sector disproportionate to its size.
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Waldshut-Tiengen is a twin town formed in 1975 from the merger of Waldshut and Tiengen, both on the High Rhine at the Swiss border in Baden-Wuerttemberg. About 22,400 people live here. Waldshut's Kaiserstrasse, a long pedestrianised street lined with arcaded houses, runs through the old town above the Rhine. Tiengen's Schloss, now housing the local court, overlooks the Wutach river where it meets the Rhine.
The Swiss city of Zurich is about 60 kilometres south. The Black Forest rises directly to the north. The Hochrhein here forms the international border, and cross-border traffic with Switzerland is constant. Swiss shoppers cross to Waldshut for lower German prices on groceries and consumer goods, giving the town a retail sector disproportionate to its size.
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