Emmendingen

Emmendingen
Coat of arms
Emmendingen
Location of Emmendingen within Emmendingen district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Government
• Mayor	Stefan Schlatterer (CDU)
Area
• Total	33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	26,287
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	79301–79312
Dialling codes	07641
Vehicle registration	EM
Website	www.emmendingen.de

Emmendingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz River, 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The city contains more than 26,000 residents, which is the most of any city in the Emmendingen district.

Geography

The city lies in Breisgau, between the foothills of the Black Forest and the Kaiserstuhl which rises out of the Rhine plain to the north of Freiburg. The land is between 189-368m (620–1200 ft) high. On the western edge of Emmendingen flows the Elz river, which divides shortly after its confluence with the Dreisam and Glotter near Riegel, into the Old Elz and the Leopoldskanal, which both flow into the Rhine. The Leopoldskanal was built in the middle 19th century.

Neighbour Cities

Emmendingen is bordered by several cities and municipalities. They are, clockwise from the north: Malterdingen, Kenzingen, Freiamt (Black Forest), Sexau, Denzlingen, Reute (Breisgau), and Teningen.

History

The first mention of this town in a document dates back to 1091, however it is much older. It officially became a city in 1590. There was also a neighboring town called Nieder-Emmendingen. The both merged in 1883.

Industry

Emmendingen has only a few small and mid-size companies.Probably one of the most notable is the "Wehrle-Werk AG" that manufactures boiler and water recycling plants.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Twin towns — Sister cities

Emmendingen is twinned with:

• Newark-on-Trent, United Kingdom
• Sandomierz, Poland
• Drom HaSharon Regional Council, Israel
• Six-Fours-les-Plages, France

Culture

Emmendingen is a small town, but that does not mean that it lacks in interesting details. Listed are just a few of Emmendingen's claims to fame.

Cornelia Schlosser

Cornelia Schlosser (maiden name: Cornelia Friederica Christiana Goethe) was the only sibling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and lived with her husband Johann Georg Schlosser in a house on the main square in Emmendingen. Today their house is the city library.

The main square of Emmendingen and the old city hall. This building is now used as the German Diary Archive.

Old City Hall

The old Emmendingen city hall is also on the main square of town, though a new city hall was built fairly recently. Today the building is still utilized, but it is now home to the only archive of diaries in Germany.

Points of interest

• Jewish Museum on Castle Square
• Collection Geyer zu Lauf

External links

• Emmendingen: History & Images