Baiersbronn

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Location of Baiersbronn in Germany

Baiersbronn is a municipality of 17,000 inhabitants (2002) in the district of Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Murg river.

Administratively, Baiersbronn consists of the following nine villages:

  • Baiersbronn
  • Friedrichstal
  • Huzenbach
  • Klosterreichenbach
  • Mitteltal
  • Obertal
  • Röt-Schönegründ
  • Schönmünzach-Schwarzenberg
  • Tonbach

In its current form, Baiersbronn was created in the 1960s and 1970s by joining five municipalities. Its main industry is tourism.

Baiersbronn is twinned with Midhurst in West Sussex, England. Reichenbach Priory, a medieval monastery building, is located in the village of Klosterreichenbach.



Coordinates: 48°30′N 8°23′E