Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl

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Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl

Location of Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl within Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district

Coordinates: 48°05′39″N 07°44′40″E / 48.09417°N 7.74444°ECoordinates: 48°05′39″N 07°44′40″E / 48.09417°N 7.74444°E

Country

Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

Government

• Mayor

Michael Bruder

Area

• Total

12.31 km² (4.75 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

3,446

• Density

280/km² (730/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

79356

07663

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Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl is a town in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg in Germany near Freiburg im Breisgau.

Geography

Eichstetten is a village in South Baden that produces wine. It is located in the Upper Rhine Plain on the eastern edge of the Kaiserstuhl. It is found in the warmest area of Germany embedded in a valley, which spreads from the wooded Eichelspitze (the second highest hill in the Kaiserstuhl) through sunny vineyards and vegetable fields right down to the lowland. The Alte Dreisam River flows through the town on the edge of the Kaiserstuhl.

Eichstetten, reformed church in the street

As the crow flies, Eichstetten is located about 3.5 kilometres from the Bundesautobahn 5 (motorway connecting Karlsruhe and Basel). There also is a good train connection to the Kaiserstuhl Railway which calls at the village every half an hour on workdays. With this train you can reach Freiburg town center within 15 minutes.

The two farms Au(stucken)mühle and Herrenmühle also belong to the Eichstetten area.^[2]

History

There is evidence of people living in the Eichstetten area as early as the Stone Age. Remains of a Villa rustica from the Roman era (3rd century) as well as finds of Allemannic burial sites (around 600 AD) prove that people settled here for a very long time.

Towns and municipalities in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald (district)

Au Auggen Badenweiler Bad Krozingen Ballrechten-Dottingen Bötzingen Bollschweil Breisach Breitnau Buchenbach Buggingen Ebringen Ehrenkirchen Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl Eisenbach Eschbach Feldberg Friedenweiler Glottertal Gottenheim Gundelfingen Hartheim am Rhein Heitersheim Heuweiler Hinterzarten Horben Ihringen Kirchzarten Lenzkirch Löffingen March Merdingen Merzhausen Müllheim Münstertal Neuenburg am Rhein Oberried Pfaffenweiler Schallstadt Schluchsee Sölden Sankt Märgen Sankt Peter Staufen Stegen Sulzburg Titisee-Neustadt Umkirch Vogtsburg Wittnau

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
↑ Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band IV: Regierungsbezirk Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2. S. 104–106

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