Oberwolfach () is a town in the district of

Ortenau The Ortenau (), originally called Mortenau, is a historic region in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the right bank of the river Rhine, stretching from the Upper Rhine Plain to the foothill zone of the Black F ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is the site of the

Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics The Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics () is a center for mathematical research in Oberwolfach, Germany. It was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944. It organizes weekly workshops on diverse topics where mathematicians and ...

, or Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach.

Geography

Geographical situation

The town of Oberwolfach lies between 270 and 948 meters above sea level in the central

Schwarzwald The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Da ...

(

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ...

) on the river

Wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...

, a tributary of the Kinzig.

Neighbouring localities

The district is neighboured by

Bad Peterstal-Griesbach Bad Peterstal-Griesbach () is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Matthias Erzberger was murdered here on August 26, 1921, for signing the 1918 Armistice for the German Empire. Two former military fortifi ...

to the north,

Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach Bad Rippoldsau-Schapbach ( Low Alemannic: ''Ribbeldsau-Schaba'') is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography The municipality is located in the Black Forest in the Wolftal valley, 15& ...

Landkreis Freudenstadt Freudenstadt is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rastatt, Calw, Tübingen, Zollernalbkreis, Rottweil and the Ortenaukreis. History The district was created ...

to the east, by the towns of

Wolfach Wolfach () is a town in the Black Forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and borders the Freudenstadt and Rottweil districts. History Wolfach was first mentioned in 1084 as ''Wolphaha'' and was given a wide var ...

and

Hausach Hausach (; ) is a city in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Hausach was founded in the 13th century, below Husen Castle. In the 14th century, it became a possession of the County of Fürstenberg, who gave the t ...

to the south, and by Oberharmersbach to the west.

Demographics

Population development:

References

External links

Gemeinde Oberwolfach: Official Homepage (in German)Oberwolfach Mineral Museum
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