Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

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Riegel

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Riegel
Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E / 48.15056; 7.75000
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Emmendingen
Government
 • Mayor Markus Jablonski
Area
 • Total 18.34 km2 (7.08 sq mi)
Elevation 195 m (640 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 3,764
 • Density 210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 79359
Dialling codes 07642
Vehicle registration EM
Website www.gemeinde-riegel.de

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).

Education

Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule.

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.[2] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

References

  1. ↑ [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. ↑ kaiserstuhl.eu

External links

Towns and municipalities in Emmendingen (district)
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