Seelbach, Baden-Württemberg

Seelbach
Seelbach
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Ortenaukreis
Mayor Thomas Schäfer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 29.90 km2 (11.54 sq mi)
Elevation 286 m  (938 ft)
Population 5,026 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 168 /km2 (435 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate OG
Postal code 77960
Area code 07823
Website www.seelbach-online.de

Seelbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The most popular Festival is the Katharinenmarkt on November.

Contents

Geography

Seelbach is located on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Schutter Valley, south-eastern of Lahr.

Neighboring communities

The following cities and towns share a border with Seelbach. They are listed clockwise starting in the north: Friesenheim, Biberach, Schuttertal, Ettenheim, Kippenheim and Lahr.

The boroughs

There are three boroughs, Seelbach, Wittelbach and Schönberg.

Government

Town council

After the last election in June 2009, the town council consists of 18 seats. The members belong to political parties as follows [2]

Party Seats
CDU 7
FBI 6
SPD 5

Mayor

The mayor is elected by the citizens for a term of 8 years. He's also the head of the town council.

Mayors since 1831

People, culture & architecture

Events

The Katharinenmarkt is a weekend long historic market that takes place annually in November since 1455. It is visited by nearly 20000 visitors.

Twin town

Seelbach is twinned with Zillebeke in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen in Belgium.

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