Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (original) (raw)

Statistics
State: Baden-W�rttemberg
Adm. Region: Freiburg
Region: S�dlicher Oberrhein
Capital: Freiburg (seat of admin.)
Area: 1,378.3 km²
Inhabitants: 243,043 (2001)
pop. density: 176 inh./km²
Car identification: FR
Homepage: http://breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de
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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, L�rrach and the French d�partements Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Freiburg is sorrounded by the district.

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts Freiburg, M�llheim und Hochschwarzwald.

Geography

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

  1. the flat land at the River Rhine (Oberrheinebene) with the Kaiserstuhl mountain, the Tuniberg and the Markgr�flerland
  2. the slopes of the Black Forest mountains, with black forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, like Glottertal, Dreisamtal, H�llental and M�nstertal
  3. the higher mountain ranges of the Black Forest (Hochschwarzwald), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the Feldberg (1493 m)

The district is interesting to tourists. Other characteristic items are wine and forests.

Politics

Politically, the majority of the districts parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally christian democratic-conservative, with higher levels of conservative votes the farer one gets from Freiburg (which has a red-green 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 both countries owned big part of the district. In the middle it shows an eagle, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of F�rstenberg. The coat of arms was granted in 1974, and it's very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Breisach Heitersheim M�llheim Neuenburg am Rhein Staufen Titisee-Neustadt Vogtsburg Municipalities Au Auggen Bad Krozingen

Badenweiler

  1. Buchenbach

  2. Buggingen

  3. Ebringen

  4. Ehrenkirchen

  5. Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl

  6. Eisenbach

  7. Eschbach

  8. Feldberg

  9. Friedenweiler

  10. Glottertal

  11. Gottenheim

  12. Gundelfingen

  13. Hartheim

  14. Heuweiler

  15. Hinterzarten

  16. Horben

  17. Ihringen

  18. Kirchzarten

  19. Lenzkirch

  20. L�ffingen

  21. March

  22. Merdingen

  23. Merzhausen

  24. M�nstertal

  25. Oberried

  26. Pfaffenweiler

  27. Schallstadt

  28. Schluchsee

  29. S�lden

  30. Sankt M�rgen

  31. Sankt Peter

  32. Stegen

  33. Sulzburg

  34. Umkirch

  35. Wittnau