Riegel am Kaiserstuhl (Latin ''Rigola'') is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in

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. It lies 8 km northwest of

Emmendingen Emmendingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the Emmendingen (district), district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz (Rhine), Elz River, north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The town contains more than 26,000 residents, ...

, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (

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Education

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

Roman ruins

Mithraeum A Mithraeum , sometimes spelled Mithreum and Mithraion (), is a Roman temple, temple erected in classical antiquity by the Mithraism, worshippers of Mithras. Most Mithraea can be dated between 100 BC and 300 AD, mostly in the Roman ...

was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.kaiserstuhl.eu
/ref> A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in

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Municipal partnership

* Champhol,

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, since 1995

Museum

The Kunsthalle Messmer is a museum exhibiting art from the 20th and 21st century. It is located in a former brewery building and includes a

sculpture garden A sculpture garden or sculpture park is an outdoor garden or park which includes the presentation of sculpture, usually several permanently sited works in durable materials in landscaped surroundings. A sculpture garden may be private, owned by ...

. The museum of the municipality exhibits excavations of the Roman village and reconstructed models. Furtheron there is a part on the development of jet-propulsion of rockets with objects pictures, films and text

References

External links

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: pictures & history
(German)
Riegel am Kaiserstuhl:
actual and historical pictures Emmendingen (district) {{Emmendingen-geo-stub