Baiersbronn

Baiersbronn
Baiersbronn
Coordinates	48°30′21″N 8°22′16″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Freudenstadt
Mayor	Temporary Administrator Michael Ruf (non-party)
Basic statistics
Area	189.70 km2 (73.24 sq mi)
Elevation	584 m  (1916 ft)
Population	15,498 (31 December 2010)
- Density	82 /km2 (212 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	FDS
Postal code	72270
Area codes	07442, 07447, 07449
Website	www.baiersbronn.de

Baiersbronn is a municipality in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Murg river.

Administratively, Baiersbronn consists of the following nine villages:

• Baiersbronn
• Friedrichstal
• Huzenbach
• Klosterreichenbach
• Mitteltal
• Obertal
• Röt-Schönegründ
• Schönmünzach-Schwarzenberg
• Tonbach

In its current form, Baiersbronn was created in the 1960s and 1970s by joining five municipalities. Its main industry is tourism.

Baiersbronn is twinned with Midhurst in West Sussex, England. Reichenbach Priory, a medieval monastery building, is located in the village of Klosterreichenbach.

Baiersbronn is famous as a centre of haute cuisine in Germany, having 7 Michelin stars in total. In 2007 Claus-Peter Lumpp, whose restaurant "Bareiss" is the second three-star eatery in the town of Baiersbronn earned his third Michelin star. Lumpp's neighbor Harald Wohlfahrt of "Schwarzwaldstube" had joined the three-star list in 1992. The final star is held by Jörg Sackmann at his restaurant "Schlossberg"

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.