Riegel am Kaiserstuhl

Riegel
Coat of arms
Riegel
Location of Riegel within Emmendingen district
Coordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°ECoordinates: 48°9′2″N 7°45′0″E / 48.15056°N 7.75000°E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Emmendingen
Government
• Mayor	Markus Jablonski
Area
• Total	18.34 km^2 (7.08 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	3,805
• Density	210/km^2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	79359
Dialling codes	07642
Vehicle registration	EM
Website	www.gemeinde-riegel.de

Riegel am Kaiserstuhl is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies 8 km northwest of Emmendingen, and is accessed by the motorway A5 (Karlsruhe - Basel).

Education

Riegel provides its citizens education with the Michaelschule that consists of both a Grund- and a Hauptschule.

Roman ruins

A Mithraeum was unearthed in the residential neighborhoods of Riegel.^[2] A reconstruction of the temple was placed there, and the original artifacts can be seen at the museum in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Municipal partnership

• Champhol, Eure-et-Loir, France, since 1995

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
2. kaiserstuhl.eu

External links

• Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: pictures & history (German)
• Riegel am Kaiserstuhl: actual and historical pictures