Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
District
Country  Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Adm. region Freiburg
Capital Freiburg
Area
 • Total 1,378.4 km2 (532.2 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2012)[1]
 • Total 247,711
 • Density 180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration FR
Website breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (French: Brisgau-Haute-Forêt-Noire) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements of the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin. The district-free city of Freiburg is surrounded by the district. The District is named after the Breisgau, a historical territory, and the high parts of the Black Forest (Hochschwarzwald).

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.

Geography

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and rural district with at least three distinct landscapes:

  1. the river plain of the Upper Rhine (Oberrheinebene) with the Kaiserstuhl mountain, the Tuniberg, the Breisgau and the Markgräflerland
  2. the slopes of the Black Forest mountains, with Black Forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, such as Glottertal, Dreisamtal, Höllental and Münstertal
  3. the higher mountain ranges of the Black Forest (Hochschwarzwald), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the Feldberg (1493 m)

The economy is based on tourism, wine, and forestry.

Politics

Politically, the majority of the district parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally conservative (CDU), with higher levels of conservative votes the farther the distance from Freiburg (which has a green-red majority).

Coat of arms

The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of Austria, and the right side the colors of Baden, as parts of the District belonged to both states at various times. In the middle, the coat of arms shows an eagle, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg. The coat of arms was granted in 1974, and it is very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district.

Cities and municipalities

Cities
  1. Bad Krozingen
  2. Breisach
  3. Heitersheim
  4. Löffingen
  5. Müllheim
  6. Neuenburg am Rhein
  7. Staufen im Breisgau
  8. Sulzburg
  9. Titisee-Neustadt
  10. Vogtsburg
  1. Breitnau
  2. Buchenbach
  3. Buggingen
  4. Ebringen
  5. Ehrenkirchen
  6. Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl
  7. Eisenbach
  8. Eschbach
  9. Feldberg
  10. Friedenweiler
  11. Glottertal
  12. Gottenheim
  13. Gundelfingen
  14. Hartheim
  15. Heuweiler
  16. Hinterzarten
  17. Horben
  18. Ihringen
  19. Kirchzarten
  1. Lenzkirch
  2. March
  3. Merdingen
  4. Merzhausen
  5. Münstertal
  6. Oberried
  7. Pfaffenweiler
  8. Schallstadt
  9. Schluchsee
  10. Sölden
  11. Sankt Märgen
  12. Sankt Peter
  13. Stegen
  14. Umkirch
  15. Wittnau
Municipalities
  1. Au
  2. Auggen
  3. Badenweiler
  4. Ballrechten-Dottingen
  5. Bötzingen
  6. Bollschweil

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31.12.2012 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 12 November 2013.

External links

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Coordinates: 47°57′N 7°51′E / 47.95°N 7.85°E