Sulzburg () is a
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in the district
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald () is a (district) in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Fifty towns and municipalities with 133 settlements lie within the district. The district itself belongs to the region of Freiburg with the region of Sou ...
, 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
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. It is situated on the western slope of the
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 ...
, 20 km southwest 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 ...
.
Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850, almost one third of its population of around 1,200 was Jewish.
Sulzburg's lovely, barrel-vaulted synagogue has been completely restored. There exists an
old Jewish cemetery near the town.
Notable people
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Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594–1659), Markgraf of
Baden-Durlach, 1622 to 1659
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Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771), professor of history, eloquence and the theory of law at the
University of Strasbourg
The University of Strasbourg (, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers. Founded in the 16th century by Johannes Sturm, it was a center of intellectual life during ...
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Gustav Weil (1808–1889), first
orientalist, first Jewish professor in Germany.
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Herman Kiefer (1825–1911), a physician, politician and US diplomat.
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Ernst Leitz (1843-1920) founded the
Ernst Leitz Optical Works in
Wetzlar
Wetzlar () is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany. It is the twelfth largest city in Hesse with currently 55,371 inhabitants at the beginning of 2019 (including second homes). As an important cultural, industrial and commercial center, the un ...
; father of
Ernst Leitz II
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Erich Bloch
Erich Bloch (January 9, 1925 – November 25, 2016) was a German-born American electrical engineer and administrator. He was involved with developing IBM's first transistorized supercomputer, 7030 Stretch, and mainframe computer, System/360. He ...
(1925–2016), computer scientist and engineer, director of the US
National Science Foundation
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References
External links
pictures & history
See also
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Sulzberg
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
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