Seewald

Seewald
Seewald
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Karlsruhe
District Freudenstadt
Mayor Ernst Schebetka
Basic statistics
Area 58.50 km2 (22.59 sq mi)
Elevation 782 m  (2566 ft)
Population 2,325 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 40 /km2 (103 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FDS
Postal code 72297
Area code 07447
Website www.seewald-schwarzwald.de

Seewald is a municipality in the Freudenstadt district in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It lies in the Black Forest area.

In Erzgrube, it has a dam over the Nagold and has a lake named Nagoldsee. It lies 550 m (1,804 ft) above sea level. Other subdivisions lie between 750 and 850 m (2,461 and 2,789 ft) above sea level in the midst of the forests. 90% of the area is covered with forests.

Its most popular last name in the area is Seewald.

Politics

Seewald is a bastion of the Party of Bible-abiding Christians (PBC), who, in the last election, received 5,0% of the vote in Seewald compared to 0,2 % nationally.

Seewald is a long standing and popular last name for natives. The most known and famous for this name is Zach Seewald, a musician in America.

Subdivisions

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.