Kirchzarten
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Kirchzarten | ||
Location of Kirchzarten within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | ||
Coordinates: 47°58′N 7°57′E / 47.967°N 7.950°ECoordinates: 47°58′N 7°57′E / 47.967°N 7.950°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Baden-Württemberg | |
Admin. region | Freiburg | |
District | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Andreas Hall | |
Area | ||
• Total | 21.14 km2 (8.16 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) | |
Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 9,676 | |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 79199 | |
Dialling codes | 07661 | |
Vehicle registration | FR | |
Website | www.kirchzarten.de |
Kirchzarten is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal-state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany.
A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young people to become farmers in Palestine [Eretz Israel].[2]
The Kirchzarten synagogue had a set of Jugendstil windows by artist Friedrich Adler, who made a duplicate set now in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[2]
References
- ↑ [Statistisches Bundesamt – Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012 (XLS-Datei; 4,0 MB) (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011) "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012"]. Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/kirchzarten_synagoge.htm
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