April 2006, a high-water mark of and above the market square above average was reached at about 11 pm. Schöna gauge 8.88, volumetric flow 2720 m³/s. The square floods when the Schöna gauge reaches 7.60. Coat of arms In 1480, Schandau was granted the right by Prince Ernest of Saxony to bear a coat of arms and a seal. The coat of arms shows a ship under sail, probably a reference to the importance of Elbe shipping. Politics Town council The local elections of 26 May 2019 saw a voter turnout of 69,9 % (+9,5) with the following results: +/−: Changes against the local elections of 25 May 2014, *: Voters' associations combined Administration Bad Schandau is a in the Bad Schandau Administrative Association (Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Bad Schandau) for the municipalities of Rathmannsdorf and Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna. Twin towns – sister cities Bad Schandau is twinned with: Česká Kamenice, Czech Republic Lądek-Zdrój, Poland Fichtenau, Germany Gößweinstein, Germany Überlingen, Germany Culture and places of interest Overview Schandau was described in the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1911) thus: The prefix "Bad" was added in 1920 in acknowledgement of the spa status of the town (the German "Bad" means "spa" in English). The 2009 film, Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino, was shot primarily in Bad Schandau, and at Studio Babelsberg in Berlin. Museums Town Gallery (Stadtgalerie) Local History Museum (Heimatmuseum) National Park Museum (Nationalparkmuseum) Friedrich Gottlob Keller Museum, Krippen, Friedrich-Gottlob-Keller-Straße 76 (about the discovery and inventor of mechanical wood pulp paper) Buildings / places of interest Bad Schandau's town profile on the right bank of the river is dominated by the hotels of the Gründerzeit bordering the Elbe, the two bridges and St John's Church (Johanniskirche). From 2002 to 2007, comprehensive renovation work was carried out on the Gründerzeit hotels on the riverfront – the best-known in the 19th century was the Dampfschiff ("Steamship"). The building was gutted from the ground upwards and the façades restored. Several apartment complexes are housed in bathhouse villas (Bäder-Villen). The ensemble was opened again in 2007 under the name Elbresidenz Bad Schandau. The impressive Lutheran St John's Church with its octagonal west tower has existed in its present form since 1679. The baroque skylight turret was added in 1711 following a town fire. The interior of the church with its wooden coffer, single-storey matroneum and stained glass windows in the chancel is the result of fundamental conversion work in