Buggingen

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Buggingen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Buggingen
Buggingen (Germany)
Buggingen
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Local subdivisions 2 Ortsteile
Mayor Johannes Ackermann
Basic statistics
Area 15.32 km² (5.9 sq mi)
Elevation 239 m  (784 ft)
Population 3,841  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 251 /km² (649 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FR
Postal code 79426
Area codes 07631 Ortsteil Buggingen 07634 Ortsteil Seefelden
Website www.buggingen.de
Location of Buggingen within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
Map

Coordinates: 47°50′53″N 07°38′13″E / 47.84806, 7.63694

Buggingen is a place in the German Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg located between the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest on the northern edge of Markgräflerland.

Buggingen lies in the western part of the pre-Black Forest mountains.

It is home to many vineyards and is a largely agricultural center. It also is home to Germany's largest tech mail order company. Buggingen administratively also includes Seefelden and Betberg.

History

The village was first referred to in 778. 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, Sitzenkirch und Sölden.

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 and closed in 1973, is now a museum.

Business
Perhaps the largest business in the town is a computer mail order catalog company called, Pearl, which also has an outlet store in Auggen.