Wyhl

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Location of Wyhl within Emmendingen district
Wyhl
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Mayor	Joachim Ruth
Basic statistics
Area	16.95 km² (6.5 sq mi)
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Population	3,658 (31/12/2006)
- Density	216 /km² (559 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	EM
Postal code	79369
Area code	07642
Website	www.wyhl.de
Coordinates: 48°09′56″N 07°38′56″E / 48.16556, 7.64889

Wyhl is a small municipality in South-western Germany which has become famous in the 1970s for its role in the anti-nuclear movement.

In February 1975 environmentalists seized the building site for a nuclear power plant for several months and established a village of huts there. After the occupants left the site in November several trials led to a delay and the plans were given up completely in the 1980s. Therefore, Wyhl is often referred to as the first great success of the German Anti-nuclear power Movement with an announcement effect for other similar conflicts like Brokdorf, Wackersdorf or Gorleben.

[edit] See also

Anti-nuclear movement in Germany

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Emmendingen (district)

Bahlingen \| Biederbach \| Denzlingen \| Elzach \| Emmendingen \| Endingen \| Forchheim am Kaiserstuhl \| Freiamt \| Gutach im Breisgau \| Herbolzheim \| Kenzingen \| Malterdingen \| Reute (Breisgau) \| Rheinhausen \| Riegel am Kaiserstuhl \| Sasbach \| Sexau \| Simonswald \| Teningen \| Vörstetten \| Waldkirch \| Weisweil \| Winden im Elztal \| Wyhl