Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Map of Baden-Württemberg highlighting the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
State Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region Freiburg
Region Südlicher Oberrhein
District seat Freiburg
Area 1,378.3 km²
Population 243,043 (2001)
Pop. density 176 /km²
Licence plate code FR
Web page breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Freiburg is surrounded by the district.

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[edit] History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.

[edit] Geography

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and rural district with at least three distinct scenic settings:

  1. the flat land at the River Rhine (Oberrheinebene) with the Kaiserstuhl mountain, the Tuniberg, the Breisgau and the Markgräflerland
  2. the slopes of the Black Forest mountains, with black forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, like Glottertal, Dreisamtal, Höllental and Münstertal
  3. the higher mountain ranges of the Black Forest (Hochschwarzwald), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the Feldberg (1493 m)

The district is interesting to tourists. Other characteristic items are wine and forests.

[edit] Politics

Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally christian democratic-conservative, with higher levels of conservative votes the farther one gets from Freiburg (which has a red-green majority).

[edit] Coat of arms

Coat of arms The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of Austria, and the right side the colors of Baden, as both countries owned big parts of the district. In the middle it shows an eagle, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg. The coat of arms was granted in 1974, and it's very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district.

[edit] Cities and towns

Cities
  1. Bad Krozingen
  2. Breisach
  3. Heitersheim
  4. Löffingen
  5. Müllheim
  6. Neuenburg am Rhein
  7. Staufen im Breisgau
  8. Sulzburg
  9. Titisee-Neustadt
  10. Vogtsburg
  1. Breitnau
  2. Buchenbach
  3. Buggingen
  4. Ebringen
  5. Ehrenkirchen
  6. Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl
  7. Eisenbach
  8. Eschbach
  9. Feldberg
  10. Friedenweiler
  11. Glottertal
  12. Gottenheim
  13. Gundelfingen
  14. Hartheim
  15. Heuweiler
  16. Hinterzarten
  17. Horben
  18. Ihringen
  19. Kirchzarten
  1. Lenzkirch
  2. March
  3. Merdingen
  4. Merzhausen
  5. Münstertal
  6. Oberried
  7. Pfaffenweiler
  8. Schallstadt
  9. Schluchsee
  10. Sölden
  11. Sankt Märgen
  12. Sankt Peter
  13. Stegen
  14. Umkirch
  15. Wittnau
Towns
  1. Au
  2. Auggen
  3. Badenweiler
  4. Ballrechten-Dottingen
  5. Bötzingen
  6. Bollschweil

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Urban and rural districts in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Urban districts
Rural districts