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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district
Districts of Germany

German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
 (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen
Emmendingen (district)

Emmendingen is a district in the west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ortenaukreis, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and the district-free city Freiburg....
, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach
Lörrach (district)

L?rrach is a Kreis in the south-west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Waldshut. To the west it borders the France d?partement Haut-Rhin; to the south the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Aargau....
 and the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 départements of the Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin is a Departments of France of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means upper Rhine....
 and the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
. The district-free city of Freiburg
Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest. It straddles the Dreisam river, on the foothills of the Schlossberg....
 is surrounded by the district. The District is named after the Breisgau
Breisgau

Breisgau is the name of an Gau in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
, a historical territory, and the high parts of the Black Forest
Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
 (Hochschwarzwald).

district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.

sgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and rural district with at least three distinct landscapes:

  1. the river plain of the Upper Rhine
    Upper Rhine

    The Upper Rhine is the part of the Rhine that flows northbound after Basel, Switzerland, along the Rhine rift, and then westward to Bingen am Rhein, Germany....
     (Oberrheinebene) with the Kaiserstuhl
    Kaiserstuhl

    The Kaiserstuhl is a small volcanic group of hills of mostly Volcano origin in the Upper Rhine Valley in southwest Germany, northwest of Freiburg....
     mountain, the Tuniberg, the Breisgau
    Breisgau

    Breisgau is the name of an Gau in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
     and the Markgräflerland
    Markgräflerland

    Markgr?flerland is a region in the southwest of Germany, in the south of the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, located between the Breisgau in the north and the Black Forest in the east....
  2. the slopes of the Black Forest
    Black Forest

    The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
     mountains, with Black Forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, such as Glottertal
    Glottertal

    Glottertal is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany.External links...
    , Dreisamtal, Höllental
    Höllental

    The H?llental is one of the routes on the German side leading up the Zugspitze on the German-Austrian border in the northern Alps. It is located in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen_%28district%29....
     and Münstertal
  3. the higher mountain ranges of the Black Forest
    Black Forest

    The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
     (Hochschwarzwald), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the Feldberg
    Feldberg

    * Feldberg mountain* Gro?er Feldberg and Kleiner Feldberg mountains of the Taunus range*Feldberg, Baden-W?rttemberg village and commune*Feldberg, Mecklenburg populated place...
     (1493 m)


The economy is based on tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
, wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
, and forestry
Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
.

tically, the majority of the district parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally conservative (CDU), with higher levels of conservative votes the farther the distance from Freiburg (which has a red
Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is Germany's oldest political party. After World War II, under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD reestablished itself as an ideological party, representing the interests of the working class and the trade unions....
-green majority).

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The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, and the right side the colors of Baden, as parts of the District belonged to both states at various times.






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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a district
Districts of Germany

German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
 (Kreis) in the south of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg

Baden-W?rttemberg is one of the 16 States of Germany of the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-W?rttemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine?but one which has some of its major cities straddling the banks of the Neckar River ....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen
Emmendingen (district)

Emmendingen is a district in the west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Ortenaukreis, Schwarzwald-Baar, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and the district-free city Freiburg....
, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach
Lörrach (district)

L?rrach is a Kreis in the south-west of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Waldshut. To the west it borders the France d?partement Haut-Rhin; to the south the Switzerland Cantons of Switzerland Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Aargau....
 and the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 départements of the Haut-Rhin
Haut-Rhin

Haut-Rhin is a Departments of France of France, named after the Rhine river. Its name means upper Rhine....
 and the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin

Bas-Rhin is a Departments of France of France. The name means "Lower Rhine"....
. The district-free city of Freiburg
Freiburg

Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, in the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest. It straddles the Dreisam river, on the foothills of the Schlossberg....
 is surrounded by the district. The District is named after the Breisgau
Breisgau

Breisgau is the name of an Gau in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
, a historical territory, and the high parts of the Black Forest
Black Forest

The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
 (Hochschwarzwald).

History

The district was created in 1973 by merging the previous districts of Freiburg, Müllheim und Hochschwarzwald.

Geography

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a large and rural district with at least three distinct landscapes:

  1. the river plain of the Upper Rhine
    Upper Rhine

    The Upper Rhine is the part of the Rhine that flows northbound after Basel, Switzerland, along the Rhine rift, and then westward to Bingen am Rhein, Germany....
     (Oberrheinebene) with the Kaiserstuhl
    Kaiserstuhl

    The Kaiserstuhl is a small volcanic group of hills of mostly Volcano origin in the Upper Rhine Valley in southwest Germany, northwest of Freiburg....
     mountain, the Tuniberg, the Breisgau
    Breisgau

    Breisgau is the name of an Gau in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-W?rttemberg....
     and the Markgräflerland
    Markgräflerland

    Markgr?flerland is a region in the southwest of Germany, in the south of the States of Germany of Baden-W?rttemberg, located between the Breisgau in the north and the Black Forest in the east....
  2. the slopes of the Black Forest
    Black Forest

    The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
     mountains, with Black Forest valleys reaching to the Rhine, such as Glottertal
    Glottertal

    Glottertal is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany.External links...
    , Dreisamtal, Höllental
    Höllental

    The H?llental is one of the routes on the German side leading up the Zugspitze on the German-Austrian border in the northern Alps. It is located in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen_%28district%29....
     and Münstertal
  3. the higher mountain ranges of the Black Forest
    Black Forest

    The Black Forest is a forest mountain range in Baden-W?rttemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south....
     (Hochschwarzwald), including the highest mountain in the Black Forest, the Feldberg
    Feldberg

    * Feldberg mountain* Gro?er Feldberg and Kleiner Feldberg mountains of the Taunus range*Feldberg, Baden-W?rttemberg village and commune*Feldberg, Mecklenburg populated place...
     (1493 m)


The economy is based on tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
, wine
Wine

Wine is an alcoholic beverage often made of fermentation grape juice. The natural chemical balance of grapes is such that they can ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes or other nutrients....
, and forestry
Forestry

Forestry is the art and science of managing forests, tree plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests....
.

Politics

Politically, the majority of the district parliament (Kreistag) is traditionally conservative (CDU), with higher levels of conservative votes the farther the distance from Freiburg (which has a red
Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is Germany's oldest political party. After World War II, under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD reestablished itself as an ideological party, representing the interests of the working class and the trade unions....
-green majority).

Coat of arms

The left half of the coat of arms show the colors of Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
, and the right side the colors of Baden, as parts of the District belonged to both states at various times. In the middle, the coat of arms shows an eagle
Eagle (heraldry)

The eagle is used in heraldry as a charge , as a supporter, and as a Crest . Parts of the eagle's body such as its head, wings or leg are also used as a charge or crest....
, taken from the coat of arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg
Fürstenberg (state)

The County of F?rstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire located in present-day southern Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. The County emerged when the counts of Urach inherited parts of the Duchy of Z?hringen in 1218, and was originally called the County of Freiburg....
. The coat of arms was granted in 1974, and it is very similar to the coat of arms of the previous Freiburg district.


Cities and towns

Cities
  1. Bad Krozingen
    Bad Krozingen

    Bad Krozingen is a spa town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km southwest of Freiburg....
  2. Breisach
    Breisach

    Breisach is a city with approximately 16,500 inhabitants, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the districts of Germany Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar?20 kilometers away from each?and about 60 kilometers north of Basel near Kaiserstuhl, Switzerland....
  3. Heitersheim
    Heitersheim

    Heitersheim is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany...
  4. Löffingen
    Löffingen

    L?ffingen is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg....
  5. Müllheim
    Müllheim

    M?llheim is a town in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It belongs to the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Mullheim is generally considered to be the center of the region known as Markgr?flerland....
  6. Neuenburg am Rhein
    Neuenburg am Rhein

    Neuenburg am Rhein is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 18 km northeast of Mulhouse, and 28 km north of Basel....
  7. Staufen im Breisgau
  8. Sulzburg
    Sulzburg

    Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg....
  9. Titisee-Neustadt
    Titisee-Neustadt

    Titisee-Neustadt is a city in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The town is a Spa town known for its Sebastian Kneipp hydrotherapeutic and curative methods....
  10. Vogtsburg
    Vogtsburg

    Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl is a city in the Kaiserstuhl, a volcano region in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg. It has a population of about 5,700 and was created on January 1, 1975 through the unification of seven smaller villages....
  1. Breitnau
    Breitnau

    Breitnau is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the Black Forest in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany....
  2. Buchenbach
    Buchenbach

    Buchenbach is a Municipalities of Germany in the south west of the Black Forest. It is located in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  3. Buggingen
    Buggingen

    Buggingen is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Breisgau-hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany located between the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest on the northern edge of Markgr?flerland....
  4. Ebringen
    Ebringen

    Ebringen is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany....
  5. Ehrenkirchen
    Ehrenkirchen

    Ehrenkirchen is a Municipalities in Germany in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  6. Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl
    Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl

    Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  7. Eisenbach
    Eisenbach

    Eisenbach is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  8. Eschbach
    Eschbach, Baden-Württemberg

    Eschbach is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  9. Feldberg
    Feldberg, Baden-Württemberg

    Feldberg is a municipality in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in souther Germany. It is located near the Feldberg ....
  10. Friedenweiler
    Friedenweiler

    Friedenweiler is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It is 10 km north of Titisee-Neustadt....
  11. Glottertal
    Glottertal

    Glottertal is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany.External links...
  12. Gottenheim
    Gottenheim

    Gottenheim is an independent village at the norther tip of the Tuniberg, 15 km west of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located in the administrative region Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  13. Gundelfingen
    Gundelfingen

    Gundelfingen im Breisgau is a municipality directly north of the city Freiburg in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany.Gundelfingen is one of the larger municipalities in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district....
  14. Hartheim
    Hartheim

    Hartheim is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  15. Heuweiler
    Heuweiler

    Heuweiler is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  16. Hinterzarten
    Hinterzarten

    Hinterzarten is a resort village in the Black Forest , located in the southwest of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. Although Hinterzarten is mostly famous for its ski jumping, it also has many tourist attractions ....
  17. Horben
    Horben

    Horben is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  18. Ihringen
    Ihringen

    Ihringen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  19. Kirchzarten
    Kirchzarten

    Kirchzarten is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany.A Zionist agricultural training farm was founded in Kirchzarten in 1919 to prepare young pwople to beocme farmers in Eretz Israel....
  1. Lenzkirch
    Lenzkirch

    Lenzkirch is a municipality in the Black Forest. It lies in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  2. March
  3. Merdingen
    Merdingen

    Merdingen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany. Merdingen's main industry are vinyards. Jan Ullrich was a notable resident until 2002....
  4. Merzhausen
    Merzhausen

    Merzhausen is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  5. Münstertal
    Münstertal, Black Forest

    M?nstertal is a municipality in the southern Black Forest, which belongs to the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It is 3 miles east from Staufen, Germany....
  6. Oberried
    Oberried, Germany

    Oberried is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany....
  7. Pfaffenweiler
    Pfaffenweiler

    Pfaffenweiler is a village in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany....
  8. Schallstadt
    Schallstadt

    Schallstadt is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  9. Schluchsee
    Schluchsee, Baden-Württemberg

    Schluchsee is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located near the reservoir Schluchsee....
  10. Sölden
    Sölden, Germany

    S?lden is a town in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany....
  11. Sankt Märgen
    Sankt Märgen

    Sankt M?rgen is a German municipality in the middle of the Black Forest, which belongs to the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. The Kurort is located around 25 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau....
  12. Sankt Peter
    Sankt Peter, Baden-Württemberg

    Sankt Peter is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
  13. Stegen
    Stegen

    Stegen is a small town in the Communes of Luxembourg of Ermsdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 395....
  14. Umkirch
    Umkirch

    Umkirch is a municipality in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. It is located around 5 kilometres west of Freiburg im Breisgau....
  15. Wittnau
    Wittnau, Germany

    Wittnau is a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in Germany....
Towns
  1. Au
    Au (Schwarzwald)

    Au is a Municipalities of Germany in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  2. Auggen
    Auggen

    Auggen is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. It also belongs to a region called Markgr?flerland that has both cultural and historical importance....
  3. Badenweiler
    Badenweiler

    Badenweiler, a health resort and spa of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgr?flerland....
  4. Ballrechten-Dottingen
    Ballrechten-Dottingen

    Ballrechten-Dottingen is a small village in Markgr?flerland in the southwest of Germany. It is situated at the western edge of Black Forest....
  5. Bötzingen
    Bötzingen

    B?tzingen is a Municipalities of Germany in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany....
  6. Bollschweil
    Bollschweil

    Bollschweil is a Municipalities of Germany in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany, located approximately 10 km south of Freiburg....


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