Klettgau

Klettgau
View of Erzingen View of Erzingen
Coat of arms
Klettgau
Location of Klettgau within Waldshut district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Waldshut
Government
• Mayor	Volker Jungmann
Area
• Total	45.87 km2 (17.71 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	7,468
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	79771
Dialling codes	07742
Vehicle registration	WT
Website	www.klettgau.de

Klettgau is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the centre of the Klettgau historical region stretching across the Swiss border into the cantons of Aargau, Schaffhausen and Zürich.

Geography

Klettgau is located on the Klingengraben and Schwarzbach creeks. In the east it borders on the Swiss municipalities of Trasadingen, Wilchingen and Wasterkingen. The neighbouring German municipalities are Wutöschingen, Lauchringen, Küssaberg, and Hohentengen am Hochrhein in the west, as well as Dettighofen in the east. There is a border crossing into Switzerland on the road from Erzingen to Trasadingen.

The municipal area comprises the villages of Bühl, Erzingen, Geißlingen, Grießen, Rechberg, Riedern am Sand, and Weisweil. Erzingen, Bühl and Riedern am Sand are part of the Baden wine region.

History

Erzingen was already mentioned as villa Arcingen in a 876 deed, a Swabian possession held by the Benedictie abbey of Rheinau. In 1486 it was occupied by the forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy on a campaign into the Landgraviate of Klettgau. The immediate landgraviate was inherited by the House of Schwarzenberg in 1687 with their residence in Tiengen, and elevated to a principality by Emperor Leopold I in 1694. After the Schwarzenberg landgraviate was mediatised in 1806, the lordship fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1812.

The present-day municipality was established in a 1971 administrative reform. Bühl and Geißlingen were incorporated in 1975.

Politics

Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2009 local elections:

• Christian Democratic Union: 10
• Free Voters: 6
• Alliance '90/The Greens: 4
• Social Democratic Party: 3

International relations

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

Klettgau is twinned with:

• Clisson, France, since 1976
• Sanza, Italy, since 2006

Notable people

• Maximilian Stoll (1742–1787), physician

External links

• (German) Municipal website