Elzach (;
Low Alemannic: ''Elze'') is a town in the
district of Emmendingen, in
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 situated on the river
Elz, 26 km northeast of
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...
.
Geography
The town of Elzach is located at the eastern border of the
district of Emmendingen and borders on the district of the
Ortenaukreis and the
Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis. Topographically is the area characterised by the river valley of the
Elz and the local hill called
Rohrhardsberg. Also Elzach belongs to the
Breisgau area and is located at the edge of the
Southern Black Forest Nature Park.
Urban districts
The town has five urban districts.
* Elzach
* Yach
* Prechtal
* Oberprechtal
* Katzenmoos
Gallery
Drei Stufen des Sehens.jpg, ''Granite sculpture: "The three stages of seeing" (2002) by Dieter Oehm, in Elzach''
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10015, Robert Hermann Dietrich.jpg, Robert Dietrich in 1930 as minister of finance
International relations
Elzach is
twinned with:
:
Worthing, United Kingdom
:
Ville, France
:
Telfs, Austria
Sons and daughters of the town
*
Hermann Dietrich (1879-1954) German politician of the liberal German Democratic Party, minister during the Weimar Republic
References
Emmendingen (district)
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