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France
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans 643,801 square kilometres and had a population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary republic with the capital in Paris. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse, during the Iron Age, what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls, a Celtic people. The area was annexed in 51 BC by Rome, which held Gaul until 486, France emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages, with its victory in the Hundred Years War strengthening state-building and political centralisation. During the Renaissance, French culture flourished and a colonial empire was established. The 16th century was dominated by civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. France became Europes dominant cultural, political, and military power under Louis XIV, in the 19th century Napoleon took power and established the First French Empire, whose subsequent Napoleonic Wars shaped the course of continental Europe. Following the collapse of the Empire, France endured a succession of governments culminating with the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870. Following liberation in 1944, a Fourth Republic was established and later dissolved in the course of the Algerian War, the Fifth Republic, led by Charles de Gaulle, was formed in 1958 and remains to this day. Algeria and nearly all the colonies became independent in the 1960s with minimal controversy and typically retained close economic. France has long been a centre of art, science. It hosts Europes fourth-largest number of cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites and receives around 83 million foreign tourists annually, France is a developed country with the worlds sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest by purchasing power parity. In terms of household wealth, it ranks fourth in the world. France performs well in international rankings of education, health care, life expectancy, France remains a great power in the world, being one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council with the power to veto and an official nuclear-weapon state. It is a member state of the European Union and the Eurozone. It is also a member of the Group of 7, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organization, originally applied to the whole Frankish Empire, the name France comes from the Latin Francia, or country of the Franks
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Waldshut (district)
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Waldshut is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Lörrach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Schwarzwald-Baar, followed in the south by the Swiss cantons of Schaffhausen, Zürich, the district dates to the Oberamt Waldshut, which was created when the area became part of the state of Baden in the beginning of the 19th century. After some changes it was converted to a district in 1938, in 1973 the districts Säckingen and Hochschwarzwald were dissolved and were partially added to the district Waldshut, which then grew to its current size. The district covers the part of the Black Forest. The river Rhine forms most of the boundary to Switzerland, official website Information about the Waldshut region Waldshut district regional portal Waldshut district directory at DMOZ
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Freiburg im Breisgau
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Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a population of about 220,000. In the south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain. The city is known for its medieval minster and Renaissance university, as well as for its standard of living. The city is situated in the heart of the major Baden wine-growing region, according to meteorological statistics, the city is the sunniest and warmest in Germany and held the all-time German temperature record of 40.2 °C from 2003 to 2015. Freiburg was founded by Konrad and Duke Berthold III of Zähringen in 1120 as a market town, hence its name. Frei means free, and Burg, like the modern English word borough, was used in those days for a city or town. The German word Burg also means a town, as in Hamburg. Thus, it is likely that the name of place means a fortified town of free citizens. This town was located at a junction of trade routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea regions, and the Rhine and Danube rivers. In 1200, Freiburgs population numbered approximately 6,000 people, at about that time, under the rule of Bertold V, the last duke of Zähringen, the city began construction of its Freiburg Münster cathedral on the site of an older parish church. Begun in the Romanesque style, it was continued and completed 1513 for the most part as a Gothic edifice, in 1218, when Bertold V died, then Egino V von Urach, the count of Urach assumed the title of Freiburgs count as Egino I von Freiburg. The city council did not trust the new nobles and wrote down its established rights in a document, at the end of the thirteenth century there was a feud between the citizens of Freiburg and their lord, Count Egino II of Freiburg. Egino II raised taxes and sought to limit the freedom, after which the Freiburgers used catapults to destroy the counts castle atop the Schloßberg. The furious count called on his brother-in-law the Bishop of Strasbourg, Konradius von Lichtenberg, the bishop responded by marching with his army to Freiburg. According to an old Freiburg legend, a butcher named Hauri stabbed the Bishop of Strasbourg to death on 29 July 1299. It was a Pyrrhic victory, since henceforth the citizens of Freiburg had to pay an annual expiation of 300 marks in silver to the count of Freiburg until 1368, in 1366 the counts of Freiburg made another failed attempt to occupy the city during a night raid. Eventually the citizens were fed up with their lords, and in 1368 Freiburg purchased its independence from them, the city turned itself over to the protection of the Habsburgs, who allowed the city to retain a large measure of freedom. Most of the nobles of the city died in the battle of Sempach, the patrician family Schnewlin took control of the city until the guildsmen revolted
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Emmendingen (district)
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Emmendingen is a district in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Ortenaukreis, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and the district-free city Freiburg, to the west it borders the French département Bas-Rhin. The district dates back to the Bezirksamt Emmendingen, which was created in 1803 when the became part of Baden. After several additions it was converted into the district Emmendingen in 1936, in the communal reform of 1973 the district wasnt changed - at first it was planned to merge it with the district Lahr, but that was merged into the Ortenaukreis instead. The western part of the district is located in the upper Rhine valley and this extinct volcano is one of the climatic best regions of Germany, with wine grapes growing on its sunny slopes. The eastern part of the district belongs to the Black Forest, official website Information about and images
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Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis
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Schwarzwald-Baar is a district in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ortenaukreis, Rottweil, Tuttlingen, Constance, the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen, the district was created in 1973, when the two districts Donaueschingen and Villingen were merged. The district got its name from the two predominant landscapes in the district, the Black Forest, and the Baar, the foothills between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb. Both the Danube River and the Neckar River have their origins in the Schwarzwald and Baar district
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Rottweil (district)
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Rottweil is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Freudenstadt, Zollernalbkreis, Tuttlingen, Schwarzwald-Baar and Ortenaukreis, the district dates back to the Oberamt Rottweil, which was created in 1806/08 when the previously free imperial city Rottweil became part of Württemberg. In 1934 it was renamed to Landkreis,1938 the two neighboring districts Sulz and Oberndorf were dissolved, and most of the district Oberndorf and a small part of Sulz was added to the district Rottweil. During World War II, a series of Nazi concentration camps, in 1973 in another communal reform several municipalities from the districts Horb, Wolfach, Hechingen and Villingendorf were added. The district covers part of the mountains of the Black Forest, official website History and territory of the former Reichsstadt Rottweil
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Au (Schwarzwald)
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Au is a municipality in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located a few south of Freiburg im Breisgau. The municipality belongs to the region of Hexental based in the neighbouring town of Merzhausen. Au lies in the part of Hexental between Schönberg in the west and Black Forest to the east. The village of Au, Schönberg, Hof and the Hägenhof houses, in the local area, there also are the abandoned village of Witraha and the abandoned castle of Obhusen. The naming of the place Niderhusun in 861, probably refers to Niederhausen, neighbouring communities include Horben in the southeast, Wittnau, Baden-Württemberg in the southwest, Ebringen in the west and Merzhausen in the north, as well as Freiburg im Breisgau to the east. All of these communities are in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, the Upper Rhine Plain fault line runs through Au. The Schönberg side is shaped by the remains of large landslides, Au was firstly recorded in print by the Cloister of St Gallen in 861. In the Middle Ages, there was likely a castle. The name Burghöfen makes this more likely. In the Thirty Years War, Au was the battleground for the Battle of Freiburg for two days, after the local elections on the 25th May,2014, the following results came in. Among that, the area also makes wine
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Auggen
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Auggen is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It also belongs to a region called Markgräflerland that has cultural and historical importance. Auggen has attached to it, an administrative part called Hach. Hach lies to the northeast of Auggen, Auggen lies at the southern end of Breisgau. The area is known, amongst other things, for its Bio wine, Auggen has a discount Grocery store called Netto, a free standing bakery on the hauptstrasse, some restaurants, a small drugstore, and a petrol station which has a convenience store attached to it. It is also home to one of Europes largest computer catalog stores, some forms of employment include the Winzergenossenschaft Auggen (a wine growers coop - and a fruit juice producer -. International work also takes place from Auggen, further education takes place in nearby cities such as Müllheim and Neuenburg. Auggen has its own stop on the Freiburg/Basel line, serviced by the Deutsche Bahn. Selected list of clubs, Volunteer Fire Football Club Turnverein Musikverein Auggen was first mentioned in 752 as Anghom and it is nonetheless believed that the first settlers were already there in the 1st century. Fritz Deutschmann Dietrich Koger Official Web site Auggen - pictures & history NLN Inc
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Badenweiler
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Badenweiler is a health resort and spa in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel,10 kilometers from the French border, the permanent population is about 600, the nearest big city on the German side of the border is Freiburg, about 30 kilometers away. Badenweiler lies at the edge of the Black Forest. It is sheltered by the Blauen,1,164 m, and its parish church was built at the foot of an 11th-century castle which belonged to the margraves of Baden and was destroyed by the French during the wars of Louis XV. Badenweiler is visited by some 5,000 people annually, some come for its warm mineral springs, with temperatures of 21 °C, others for its whey cure, and still others on account of its equable climate and picturesque surroundings. There is a Kurhaus, built in 1853, and a park of 15 acres containing a historic arboretum, as well as a grand-ducal castle, in 1784, well-preserved Roman baths were discovered there. The site where the present Protestant St. Pauls church is standing is a site that was a religious place of worship already in Roman times. The Romans built here in the year 145 AD a large temple of which very little remains. The temple stood on a pile structure, the temple builders drove sharpened oak piles into the loamy soil to secure the ground for this heavy building. The temple was Gallo-Roman with a main front placed on a monumental podium. On the ruins of the Roman temple a Christian church was built in the twelfth century, the church was in a bad state when it was demolished in 1892 and rebuilt as a Neo-Romanesque building between 1893 and 1898. In the course of the digging Roman walls and wall fragments of preceding church buildings were discovered and included in the construction of the new church, in the previous churchs tower six 14th-century frescoes were discovered which are now in the choir of the present church. They show a so-called Dance of the Dead where living and dead meet, three skeletons are bearing the inscription, We were what you are, what we are you shall be. This is addressed to three living whose garments are corresponding to the fashion of the rich in the 14th century, the Russian writer Anton Chekhov died there on 15 July 1904. From Badenweiler, Chekhov wrote outwardly jovial letters to his sister Masha describing the food, Badenweiler became one of Chekhovs hometown Taganrogs sister cities in 2002. The American poet, novelist, and journalist Stephen Crane died there on 15 June 1900 of tuberculosis, ephraim Moses Lilien was an art nouveau illustrator and print-maker particularly noted for his art on Jewish and Zionist themes. He is sometimes called the first Zionist artist, the wife of the first prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamla Nehru was treated here for tuberculosis. Jawaharlal Nehru spent many days by his wifes side in Badenweiler to attend to her
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Breisach
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A bridge leads over the Rhine to Neuf-Brisach, Alsace. Its name is Celtic and means breakwater, the root Breis can also be found in the French word briser meaning to break. The seat of a Celtic prince was at the hill on which Breisach is built, the Romans maintained an auxiliary castle on Mons Brisiacus The Staufer founded Breisach as a city in todays sense. But there had already been a settlement with a church at the time, an 11th-century coin from Breisach was found in the Sandur hoard. In the early 13th century, construction on the St Stephansmünster, in the early 16th century, Breisach was a significant stronghold of the Holy Roman Empire. After Bernhards death in 1639, his general gave the territory to France, in the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, Breisach was de jure given to France. From 1670, Breisach was integrated into the French state in the course of the politics of Reunions. In the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, Breisach was returned to the Holy Roman Empire, at the Treaty of Rastatt on March 7,1714, Breisach became once again part of the Empire. Meanwhile, France founded its own fortress, Neuf-Brisach, on the shore of the Rhine. In 1790, Breisach was part of Further Austria, in the revolutionary wars in 1793, Breisach sustained heavy damage and then, in 1805, was annexed to the de facto re-established state of Baden. During World War II, 85% of Breisach was destroyed by Allied artillery as the Allies crossed the Rhine, the St. Stephansmünster was also heavily damaged. In 1969, Breisach was considered as the site for a nuclear power plant, but Wyhl was chosen instead. The nearby cities of Hochstetten, Gündlingen, Niederrimsingen, and Oberrimsingen along with Grezhausen, since the railway bridge across the Rhine was destroyed during the Second World War, railway services have been restricted to the German side of the river. The federal road B31 leads to Lindau and the N415 on the French side connects Breisach to Colmar, one of Europes largest wine cellars called Badischer Winzerkeller eG is located in Breisach. Viticulture is very important for the economy of both Breisach and the Kaiserstuhl, the museum for municipal history has an impressive collection dating from the Stone Age to the present. The Romanesque St. Stephansmünster, the cathedral in Breisach, has a late Gothic altar by a craftsman and paintings by Martin Schongauer. The first documentation of Jews in town dates to 1301, during the Black Death in 1349, the community was annihilated after a false blood libel, accusing the town Jews of poisoning the town wells. After the pogrom, Jews got back to the town until 1424, in 1550, the community reopened with a cemetery
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Breitnau
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Breitnau is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located within the High Black Forest, the region of Breitnau is very spread out with many, scattered, farmsteads, some of the very large, most of which have farmhouses with half-hipped roofs, typical of the Black Forest. The actual village centre is small, but has grown in recent years. The highest mountain is the Weißtannenhöhe which is 1,190 metres high, north of the village rises the Roßberg and about 1 km to the northwest of the village on the same ridge is the Hohwart. Within the municipality lies the ruined Falkenstein Castle, Breitnau is first mentioned 1275 as Breittnowe but is probably older since the first church was built around 1200 and St. Oswalds Chapel was consecrated as early as 1148. At that time the land was owned by the lords of Falkenstein but was sold in 1408 to the Schnewlins of Landeck, in the early 16th century the territory went to the lords of Sickingen. In 1688 the Margrave Louis William of Baden had schanzen built which were intended to any invasion by the French. But the defences were constructed in vain because the French attacked the two years later and razed the vicarage and several farms. In 1806, the lords of Sickingen sold Breitnau to the newly established Grand Duchy of Baden, there has been a church in the village since about 1200. The present Roman Catholic parish church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist, the nearest Protestant church is the Evangelical Church of St. James in Hinterzarten. Breitnaus economy is governed by the forestry industry and pastoral farming. In addition, tourism plays a small role near the B50 federal highway. In summer, Breitnau is suitable for walking, if the weather is clear, there are views over the Upper Rhine Plain and to the Vosges beyond. Although the terrain is a plateau over much of the area. There are steep trails down into the Höllental valley or through the Ravenna Gorge, in winter Breitnau is used for cross country skiing, in particular there is a loipe, the Thurnerspur, and a link to the cross country trail from Schonach to Hinterzarten. Three small ski lifts are used for downhill skiing. Breitnau has been a spa since 1970, the Black Forest High Road runs past Breitnau from north to south. Since 21 May 1887 the Höllental Railway, with its station in Hinterzarten has linked Breitnau to the railway network
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Buchenbach
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Buchenbach is a municipality in the south west of the Black Forest in Germany. It is located in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg and it is made up of four communities, the main town of Buchenbach and the villages of Falkensteig, Unteribental and Wagensteig. The municipality is located within the South Black Forest Natural Park and it stretches from the lower end of the Höllental, below Rotbach to the valley of the Wagensteigbach, and Unteribental borders the St. Märgen plateau. A little to the west of Buchenbach, these two streams merge to form the Dreisam, so Buchenbach is the starting point of the Dreisam valley. Clockwise from the north, Buchenbach borders on the municipalities of Sankt Peter, St. Märgen, Breitnau, Oberried, lying in the lower Wagensteig valley, Buchenbach is made up of numerous small settlements and isolated farmsteads. Constituent settlements include Ober- and Unterbuchenbach, and the village of Wiesneck, Wiesneck is in fact the oldest part of the municipality, with a castle that is first documented in 1079. This was owned by the counts of Haigerloch-Wiesneck, in 1118, Bruno von Haigerloch-Wiesneck founded the monastery of St. Märgen. The Haigerloch-Wiesneck line died out in 1170, and the fell into the possession of a branch of the Zollerns. In 1293 they sold the castle, in 1577 it fell into the possession of the Barons of Sickingen-Hohenburg. The castle was sacked in 1121 by the Zähringers and in 1646, during the Thirty Years War, Wiesneck grew up as a small settlement around the castle. Since the location fell within the state of Baden, Baron Wilhelm von Sickingen eventually sold his overlordship of the village to the state of Baden, Buchenbach itself is first heard of in 1350. It was an Austrian possession, and from 1653 by the Barons of Sickingen owning most of the land, the village derives its name from the Falkenstein Castle built in the 12th century by the lords of Falkenstein and destroyed in 1388 by the townspeople of Freiburg. In the 17th century, the fell into the possession of the lords of Pfirt. An attempt to join it to Buchenbach in the 19th century failed, Unteribental was founded in 1120 and was under the Zähringers. Subsequently it was merged into Stegen, in 1827, however, it became independent again. From the time it came under the authority of the state of Baden in 1806, Wagensteig is first heard of in 1125, at which time it belonged to the St. Märgen monastery. After the secularisation mandated by the German Mediatisation it came under the authority of the state of Baden, one of the oldest routes from the Neckar and Danube regions across the Black Forest to the Rhine Valley passes through the Wagensteig valley. Märgen over the rights to tithes in the district, the bishop concluded that the tithes from everywhere up to the town Waginstat should go to St. Märgen
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Buggingen
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Buggingen lies in the western part of the pre-Black Forest mountains. It is home to vineyards and is a largely agricultural center. It also is home to Germanys largest tech mail order company, Buggingen administratively also includes Seefelden and Betberg. History The village was first referred to in 778 and it was mentioned in the Urkundebuch of the monastery of Lorsch as Buchinger marca. In 940 the village shifted to the control of the Bishop of Constance, as far as can be ascertained, Buggingen has been associated with vineyards throughout its history. The settlement of Buggingen has its origins in the alemannische, as a number of documents confirm, the majority of the property was in the hands of the church. Property owners were the monasteries in Lorsch, St. Blasien, Tennenbach, St. Peter, St. Trudpert, Sulzburg, Kappel, Neuenburg, Adelhausen, in 1934,86 people were killed in an accident at a salt mine near Buggingen. The site of the mine, which was opened in 1904, perhaps the largest business in the town is a computer mail order catalog company called, Pearl, which also has an outlet store in Auggen
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Ebringen
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Ebringen is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Ebringen is located about 5 km south of Freiburg at the Schoenberg, the entire area of the municipality is located in the Schoenberg range, foothills of the Black Forest, which is geologically a part of the Rhine Rift Valley. The Schoenberg is characterized by a very diverse surface geology from the Triassic an Jurassic periods of the Mesozoic, Paleogene conglomerates and volcanism, the residential area is divided by a bypass road into the village Ebringen north of the road and the hamlet Talhausen south of the road. The hamlet Berghausen on the Schoenberg was abandoned in the 15th century, today there is only a chapel at this place. Talhausen extends from north to south with the neighbourhoods Baumgarten, Talhausen, the figures in parentheses show the approximate year of formation. Isolated dwellings near the Schoenberg summit are Unterer Schoenberghof and Oberer Schoenberghof, Ebringens motto is Omnes Ebringenses sunt aequales, sed Ebringenses sunt aequaliores, Talhausens motto Tributum aequale etiam pro civibus minoribus. Local ordinance is the Gemeindeordnung of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the elected mayor is both chairman of the parish council and head of the local administration. Notes A, In the election of 2004 and 2009 as FDP/DVP After the election in 2014 womens share in the council is again at five councillors, between 2013 and 2014 womens share climbed at 6, as a woman succeeded a retired male councillor. After the election of 1989 theres been one woman in a council with ten seats. In the current legislature, the councillors are born between 1948 and 1968, since 2006 Rainer Mosbach 1990–2006 Hans-Joerg Thoma 1963–1990 Eugen Schueler 1947–1962 Otto Missbach 1945-1947 Max Alfons Zimmermann 1933–1942 Josef Franz 19. -1933 Max Alfons Zimmermann 1904-19. Josef Bechtold 1892–1904 Julius Schueler 18. -1892 Alois Linsenmeier 1877-1880 Johann Maenner 1860-18, the document dates from a 16 January in the reign of the Frankish king Chilperic II, who reigned from June 715 to February 721. No year is given and only a ruling king Chilperic is mentioned, the reign of Chilperic I can be ruled out, since at that time the monastery of St Gall did not exist. There have not been any more Chilperics, so the date can be limited to the period between 716 and 721, the political situation in Francia makes the assumption of an origin in the year 720 most likely. The neighbouring villages Pfaffenweiler and Wolfenweiler both claim to be identical with Openwilare, thats not likely and current scientific consensus sees in Openwilare an abandoned hamlet in northern Schneckental half way between Wolfenweiler and Pfaffenweiler. The donation of 720 is the first recorded donation of land to the Monastery of St Gall, so Ebringen marks both the beginning and the end of the Monastery of St Gall, as it was in 1805 also the abbeys last territory. From the first mention until 1349 Ebringen was under the rule of the abbey of Saint Gall in todays Switzerland. In a record of 817 Talhausen is mentioned for the first time, in a record of 968 Berghausen is mentioned for the first time. In 1207 St. Gall became an independent principality, over which the abbots ruled as territorial sovereigns ranking as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, in the first half of the 13th century Ebringen became the centre of the St Gall administration in the Breisgau region
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Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl
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Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl is a town in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg in Germany near Freiburg im Breisgau. Eichstetten is a village in South Baden that produces wine and it is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the eastern edge of the Kaiserstuhl. It is found in the warmest area of Germany embedded in a valley, the Alte Dreisam River flows through the town on the edge of the Kaiserstuhl. As the crow flies, Eichstetten is located about 3.5 kilometres from the Bundesautobahn 5, there also is a good train connection to the Kaiserstuhl Railway which calls at the village every half an hour on workdays. With this train you can reach Freiburg town center within 15 minutes, the two farms Aumühle and Herrenmühle also belong to the Eichstetten area. There is evidence of living in the Eichstetten area as early as the Stone Age. Remains of a Villa rustica from the Roman era as well as finds of Allemannic burial sites prove that people settled here for a long time
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Glottertal
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Glottertal is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. From 1567 till the Napoleonic Wars the area was part of Further Austria, the four former independent villages Unterglottertal, Oberglottertal, Ohrensbach und Föhrental were associated to the Glottertal municipal. The 1914 built Carlsbau in Glottertal was the set for the 1980s medical drama television series The Black Forest Clinic, the outside of the building and the surrounding area was filmed while the interior was filmed in a set in Hamburg. The building was used as a clinic till it was closed down in 2004, the first archaeologic artefacts demonstrating iron smelting date back to the Roman time. The mining of silver started in the 11th century, the construction of a 15 kilometer long water channel to supply the mines with water do drive the pumps which was built in 1284 marks the importance of mining in the area. Flooding of the mines during a war period ended this activities at the end of the 12th century, the mining of silver continued on a smaller scale and in the 18th century the mining of iron and baryte was started. The last mines in the area closed before 1900, the town is located in a small valley south east of the Kandel mountain. The valley opens to the west and the water of the small river Glotter reaches the Elz and little later the Rhine
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Gottenheim
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Gottenheim is an independent village at the northern tip of the Tuniberg,15 km west of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located in the administrative region Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated at an altitude of 207 m in one of the warmest regions of Germany, the total area of Gottenheim is 2183 acres, which includes 275 acres of vines,538 acres alluvial forest and some acres of half-bog. Gottenheim was first officially mentioned in 1086, the last council election on the 13. The Kaiserstuhlbahn connects Gottenheim to Endingen and the towns, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Nimburg and Bötzingen, by car Gottenheim can be reached via German Autobahn A5, Frankfurt-Basel, using exit No.62 Freiburg-Mitte towards Umkirch and following signs. Gottenheim Hahlerai-fest every second year in autumn Official homepage of Gottenheim Gottenheim - pictures & history Wine festival Gottenheim Aerial views of Gottenheim Sports club Gottenheim
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Gundelfingen
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Gundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Gundelfingen is one of the municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district. It consists of the old place Gundelfingen and the village Wildtal, Gundelfingen was founded in the 4th century, so at least the suffix -ingen suggests. The name means that some Alamannic chief by the name of Gundolf settled there with his folk, the first sure sign of Gundelfingens existence is found in a 1008 treaty, where a place called Gondalvingen is named. In 1327, Gundelfingen was sold by Counts Konrad and Friedrich of Freiburg to Schnewelin Bernlapp, in 1507, his successor Balthasar von Blumeneck sold Gundelfingen again, this time to Margrave Christopher I of Baden. Since then it was part of Baden, in the 16th century, some 350 inhabitants lived in Gundelfingen. In 1825 it was 620, in 19501,817, only in the 1960s and 1970s the numbers started to expand quickly to 5,016 inhabitants in 1970 and 11,000 inhabitants in 2002. Wildtal was first named in a document in 1273 as Wülptal or Wolfstal, the present name just translates as wild dale. In 1972, Wildtal was included into the municipality of Gundelfingen, the Mayor of Gundelfingen is at the same time the Mayor of the neighboring village Heuweiler which is associated for administrative purposes. On the territory belongs to the municipality of Gundelfingen you can, inter alia, find the following. Their nest is on the steeple of the Protestant church at the corner of the streets Kirchstraße, the Luthereiche which was planted next to the protestant church in 1883 on the occasion of 400th birthday of the reformer Martin Luther was the first natural monument of Gundelfingen. A plaque commemorating it is on the wall of the church. The tree of a height of 50 ft was felled in 2011 because of dry rot and it is highly likely that a new oak will be planted in its place, perhaps in 2017 when the 500th anniversary of the protestant reformation will be celebrated. Such an oak has the function of a monument commemorating the reformation, the very first oak with that purpose was planted in Wittenberg on the same spot where Luther had publicly burned the papal bull. This pond is located in a park in the middle of the residential area Am See to the east of the train station. Mallards as well as goldfish are living there, Further to the East, in the forest just above the streets Sonnhalde and Jägerpfad, there is a very interesting birding trail with more than 40 nest boxes where numerous species of birds are breeding. Furthermore, a number of birds which do not have their nests in cavities can be observed there as well. The varietals cultivated here are primarily for red and white Burgundy, Further to the northeast there is a low saddle called Leheneck,1060 ft above sea level, which offers a magnificent view towards the north and the south
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Heitersheim
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Heitersheim is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The name of the located in Heitersheim is Johanniterschule. The city is located in Markgräflerland in South Baden, the city contains older central part Heiterscheim and newer Gallenweiler. The city is mentioned for the first time in Lorscher codex 1810, railway Freiburg - Basel passes through city 1971. Unification with Gallenweiler The Austrian town of Vandans is the city of Heitersheim since 1991. Monastic State of the Knights Hospitaller Knights Hospitaller
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Heuweiler
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Heuweiler is a village in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg near Freiburg in southern Germany. The village has to a large extent retained its rural character, whereas many communities in the vicinity of Freiburg have grown rapidly in recent decades a slow, organic change occurred in Heuweiler. Heuweiler is located at the mouth of the Glotter valley in the Rhine Valley, the municipality consists of the village Vorderheuweiler, the hamlet Hinterheuweiler, the tine Neuhäuser and the farms and Berghäusle and Litzelstahlerhof. Since its beginnings, the history of the village was connected that of the city of Freiburg, for instance, the farmers of Heuweiler had to perform socage and transport the sandstone of Tennenbach which was used for building the Minster. When Freiburg was ruled by the Habsburgs it became part of Further Austria, Heuweiler became part of the bailiwick Kastelburg-Schwarzenberg. Still today old border stones remind of the boundaries of that time. The parish church was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1275 and it is dedicated to Saint Remigius. Heuweiler remained until recently a predominantly catholic village. Only since the population influx in recent decades also inhabitants of other confessions, Heuweiler is one of the smallest autonomous villages of the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Its independence has been preserved by the association with the neighboring municipality Gundelfingen. Dr. Reinhard Bentler is in personal union the mayor of both communities, the local elections on 7 June 2009 with a voter turnout of 68. 9% had the following result, The coat of arms shows a pitchfork crossed by a rake. Nevertheless, the placename has nothing to do with Heu, but is the written high German form of the old name Hainwiller, Heuweiler was originally primarily dominated by agriculture. Today there are only a few full-time farming businesses and a number of independent handicraft businesses left. On the other hand, tourism and gastronomy are flourishing, however, a large number of its inhabitants commutes to Freiburg or one of the surrounding villages for work. An elementary school exists in the village, therefore, the pupils from Heuweiler attend the elementary school in Gundelfingen. In return, every two or three third grades of the Johann Peter Hebel elementary school in Gundelfingen are outsourced to Heuweiler. Secondary schools can be found in Denzlingen, Gundelfingen and Freiburg, worth seeing is the baroque church St. Remigius which is visible from a distance. In it there are two altar paintings
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Hinterzarten
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Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest, located in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumpers, it also has many tourist attractions, in the beginning, Hinterzarten was actually called Hinter der Straß, and Breitnau to the north was Vor der Straß. Between 1708 and 1750 the villages name changed to Hinterzarten, partly because of a river in the area called Zartenbach. By 1755 the first postal road to Hinterzarten was built through the Höllental, in 1964 Hinterzarten officially became a climatic healing resort. In 1923, after the foundation of the Ski Club Hinterzarten, the Kirchwaldschanze ski jump was built, the Adlerschanze remains today after being renovated and rebuilt multiple times. The Black Forest Ultra Bike Marathon starts here, Hinterzarten hosted the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships and the Under-23 Cross-Country World Championships January 24 to 31,2010. Dieter Thoma Georg Thoma Sven Hannawald Hiking and bicycle trails abound, one of the most popular hiking trails is the one from Hinterzarten to Titisee. Also, a nature trail was opened in the year 2000. The Adlerschanze ski jump is one of the Ski jumping Grand Prix Tournament hills, the Tournament reaches the Adlerschanze in early August, and lasts one weekend. About 20,000 people attend the contest, the Black Forest Ski Museum covers the beginning of skiing and the early techniques and equipment used on the nearby Feldberg, including videos, old skis, etc. Since 2004 there is also a museum of ancient agricultural engineering, with old equipment and machines. Museum for Old Agricultural Engineering Black Forest Summer Ski Jumping Plan Hinterzarten Website Hinterzarten — pictures & history FIS Nordic Skiing World Junior Championships
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Horben
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Horben is a village in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Horben is located to the south of the city of Freiburg and it lies between the mountains of Illenberg and Eduardshöhe. The area is the source of the Bohrer and Selzenbach creeks, Horben lies at an altitude above 400 m and is within the Southern Black Forest Nature park. Because of its proximity to the city of Freiburg new housing areas have developed in the districts Langackern. The municipality of Horben includes the village itself and the hamlets of Bohrer, Katzental, Langackern, Münzenried, the neighbouring municipalities are the city of Freiburg and the municipalities of Au, Wittnau, Sölden and St. Ulrich in the Black Forest. Horben is part of the Municipal association of Hexental of Hexental, feudal landlords associated with the abbey, the Lords of Horwen, are mentioned in 12th century documents and were reported as having a castle on Horben Mountain. The feudal rights over the village were held by various landlords before being acquired by the city of Freiburg in 1582, however the village was not incorporated into the city then, or since. In 1525 Horben consisted of 24 farms in scattered locations, three houses of widows and an orphanage, chief activities during the Middle Ages were mining and forestry. During the Thirty Years War Horben was pillaged by marauding soldiers and it was reported that not one head of cattle was left in Horben in 1645. The village was later re-settled by farmers from the Bohrer Valley, in January 1814, during the wars against Napoleon, Russian troops passed through Horben on their way from Freiburg to the Wiese valley. During the 1848 Baden Revolution Horben was the base of operations of revolutionaries Franz Sigel, the village expanded in the early 20th Century, and 1930 saw the construction of the valley station of the Schauinslandbahn gondola lift system. Horben was untouched by bombing during World War II, though nearby Freiburg was devastated, after the war many refugees found a new home in the village. Since then development pressure from Freiburg increased and in Horben village, Bohrer, local landmarks include the Althäusle dower house, pre-dating 1600, the Zum Raben guesthouse, dating from 1604, and the parish church of St Agatha, from 1792. The main economic activities are forestry, part-time agriculture and tourism, Horben holds the base station for the Schauinslandbahn gondola lift system. Buttenmüller, Berta, Erinnerungen – Der zweite Weltkrieg, dB-Verlag, München 2004 Frank, P. Suso OFM, St. Agatha Horben. Pfarramt St. Agatha, Horben Kury, Dr. Josef, villingen Otter, Peter, Friedrichshof im Bohrertal – eine Erzählung. Sulzmann, Bernd, Historische Orgeln in Baden, schnell u. Steiner,1980, S.148 Volle, Henning, Bergrekord am Schauinsland – die Geschichte des berühmten ADAC-Bergrennens. EK-Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-388255-895-1 Offizielle Website Horben, Ortsinfos und Bilder Chronik von Franz Zimmermann über Haibraingeist in Horben
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Lenzkirch
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Lenzkirch is a municipality in the Black Forest. It lies in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, Lenzkirch is on the Black Forest plateau, in the valley of the river Haslach, which near the south east border of the municipality merges with the Gutach to become the Wutach. The Urseetal, a valley, falls from the southwest corner of the municipality. The highest point of the municipality is the 1192m Hochfirst peak, marked by the Hochfirst Tower, clockwise from the north, Lenzkirch borders on Titisee-Neustadt, Friedenweiler, Löffingen, Bonndorf, Schluchsee and Feldberg. All are in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, except Bonndorf which is in Waldshut, the municipality is made up of the town of Lenzkirch and the villages of Saig, Kappel, and Raitenbuch. Saig is a resort on the southern flank of the Hochfirst. It has about 1200 beds available for tourists, Kappel, at around 900m, is also a health resort, with about 600 beds. The Wutachschlucht begins in the outskirts of Kappel, and the Schwarzwald-Querweg Freiburg-Bodensee long-distance footpath runs through the village, on this path above the village to the north is a monument, the Franzoezische Kreuz commemorating the turning back of French troops by the Austrians during the Napoleonic Wars. Raitenbuch is a settlement to the west of the town of Lenzkirch at about 940m elevation. Grünwald, the smallest of the communities in the municipality, and is at about 1000m altitude and it is the site of a former Monastery, founded in 1350, and the tiny village church has a late-Gothic sandstone relief of the life of Christ. Because of its altitude, Lenzkirch has a somewhat cooler climate than most places in Baden-Württemberg. The climate is claimed to be healthy, on the grounds of air, high oxygen content. In consequence, Lenzkirch has the status of a climatic health resort. Precision engineering, developed from the traditional Black Forest industry of clockmaking, is also of importance, Lenzkirch lies on the B315 Bundesstrasse from Schaffhausen in Switzerland to Titisee, this is mainly used by summer tourist traffic. Two bus routes pass through the town, the 7257 from Neustadt via Titisee, Saig and Lenzkirch to Seebrugg on the Schluchsee, a railway branch line from Titisee and the Kappel-Gutachbrücke station on the Höllentalbahn to Bonndorf was built in 1907. This passed through Lenzkirch, where it made a Zig Zag to gain height in a short distance, the line was closed in 1976, and the tracks taken up. A cycle path now follows its route, providing a way of riding to Bonndorf without severe gradients, carved street signs can be found all around the city center. Google map showing Lenzkirch Municipal website
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Merzhausen
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Merzhausen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The northern and eastern part of Merzhausen is attached to the town of Freiburg im Breisgau, to the south, Merzhausen borders the municipality of Au, which belongs to the administrative region of Hexental and to the west, the municipality of Ebringen. Merzhausen is the smallest municipality in the area with the highest population density. The municipality is located at a height of 254 to 538m, the municipality is made up of the village of Merzhausen and the castle Jesuitenschloss. Merzhausen was first recorded in 786, when the land owner Heimo Güter gave it away to the Abbey of Saint Gall. After diverse noble families of Freiburg occupied the land, the Society of Jesus of Freiburg acquired it, after the abolition of the holy order in 1773, the land passed over to the Schnewlin family of Bernlapp and after them, in 1838, the land became the Schauenburg. Eventually, the pass over to the newly created Grand Duchy of Baden. Merzhausen stayed after the reformation Roman Catholic, the parish church is dedicated to Saint Gall. The parish community belongs to the unit of Hexental. Because of the immigration of the people who were driven from their homes after the Second World War, between 1980 and 1981, the Schoenstatt Movement was created at the northern slope of the Schönberg. The local elections, which place on the 25th May 2014. The turnout was 50. 9%, down from 2009, since the 1st July 2009, Christian Ante has been the mayor of Merzhausen. Merzhausens coat of arms depicts on a silver background a black bear, the symbol for being part of the St Gallen cloister, the crest is horizontally divided into a gold part and a green part. Merzhausen has been partnered with Dardilly in the département of Rhone in France since 1982, untied purchasing power per inhabitant was €20,871 in 2005. There are only 40 other communes in Baden-Württemberg, that have a higher purchasing power, except for a discount supermarket to the north and a full-range provider to the south, Merzhausen also possesses several smaller retail stores on Hexentalstraße and in the middle of Merzhausen. Every Saturday, there is a market which is located in the Marktplatz in front of the Forum Merzhausen and is open from 8am-1pm. Elsewhere, predominantly small and medium-sized companies in the area of trade, until 2005, Merzhausen had its own police force. This was dissolved which meant that the police station in Ehrenkirchen is the only one in the local area
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Neuenburg am Rhein
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Neuenburg am Rhein is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the bank of the Rhine,18 km northeast of Mulhouse. Since 1991 the mayor of Neuenburg is Joachim Schuster, he was reelected in 1999,2007 and 2015, however, the election of 2015 must be repeated. Uli Edel, film director Mike Jenkins, American footballer Official website Neuenburg – pictures & history
Saint-Louis, France, since 1960
Pürgg-Trautenfels, Austria, since 1994 partnered with the borough of Niederrimsingen
Oswiecim, Poland, since 2009
