Emmendingen

Emmendingen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Emmendingen within Emmendingen district
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Subdivisions	6
Government
• Mayor	Stefan Schlatterer (CDU)
Area
• Total	33.80 km2 (13.05 sq mi)
Elevation	201 m (659 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	28,856
• Density	850/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79301–79312
Dialling codes	07641
Vehicle registration	EM
Website	www.emmendingen.de

Emmendingen (Low Alemannic: Emmedinge) 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 town contains more than 26,000 residents, which is the most in the Emmendingen district.

Geography

The town 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 town 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", which 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, Nottinghamshire, England, 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 municipal library.

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

Old Town Hall

The old Emmendingen town hall is also on the main square of town, though a new town 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

People born in Emmendingen

Harriet Straub 1930 by Waldemar Flaig

• Harriet Straub (1872–1945), German doctor and author
• Fritz Boehle (1873–1916), German painter, drawer and sculptor
• Fridolin Bosch (1889–1964), German architekt
• Franz Merkle (1905–1960), German economist
• Ernst Thomann (1910–2009), German artist and sculptor
• Margret Thomann-Hegner (1911–2005), German painter
• Rolf Weinstock (1920–1952), NS-victim and author
• Hans Martin Erhardt (1935–2015), painter
• Rolf Schweizer (1936-2016), church musician
• Patrick Kromer (born 1978), German trainer for bicycle sports
• Jan Männer (born 1982), footballer
• Dennis Bührer (born 1983), soccer player
• Anne Kaiser (born 1987), soccer player (Bundesliga)
• Jens Schöngarth (born 1988), handball player

External links

• Emmendingen: History & Images