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Location of the town of Emmendingen within Emmendingen district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Emmendingen |
| Town subdivisions | 6 |
| Mayor | Stefan Schlatterer (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 201 m (659 ft) |
| Population | 26,874 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 795 /km2 (2,059 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | EM |
| Postal codes | 79301–79312 |
| Area code | 07641 |
| Website | www.emmendingen.de |
Emmendingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz River, 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The city contains more than 26,000 residents, which is the most of any city in the Emmendingen district.
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The city lies in Breisgau, between the foothills of the Black Forest and the Kaiserstuhl in the Rhineland to the north Freiburg. The land is between 189-368m (620–1200 ft) high. On the western edge of Emmendingen flows the Elz river, which divides shortly after its confluence with the Dreisam and Glotter near Riegel, into the Old Elz and the Leopoldskanal, which both flow into the Rhine. The Leopoldskanal was built in the middle 19th century.
Emmendingen is bordered by several cities and municipalities. They are, clockwise from the north: Malterdingen, Kenzingen, Freiamt (Black Forest), Sexau, Denzlingen, Reute (Breisgau), and Teningen.
The first mention of this town in a document dates back to 1091. It officially became a city in 1590.
Emmendingen has only a few small and mid-size companies.Probably one of the most notable is the "Wehrle-Werk AG" that manufactures boiler plants and water recycling plants.
Emmendingen is twinned with:
Emmendingen is a small town, but that does not mean that it lacks in interesting details. Listed are just a few of Emmendingen's claims to fame.
Cornelia Schlosser (maiden name: Cornelia Friederike Christiana Goethe) was the only sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and lived with her husband Johann Georg Schlosser in a house on the main square in Emmendingen. Today their house is the city library.
The old Emmendingen city hall is also on the main square of town, though a new city hall was built fairly recently. Today the building is still utilized, but it is now home to the only archive of diaries in Germany.
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