Sasbachwalden

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Sasbachwalden

Location of Sasbachwalden within Ortenaukreis district

Coordinates: 48°37′06″N 08°07′38″E / 48.61833°N 8.12722°ECoordinates: 48°37′06″N 08°07′38″E / 48.61833°N 8.12722°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Valentin Doll

Area

• Total

18.13 km² (7.00 sq mi)

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

• Total

2,413

• Density

130/km² (340/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

77887

07841

Website

Sasbachwalden is a Black Forest town in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, popular with tourists. It is located on the western slopes of mountain Hornisgrinde in the Northern Black Forest and belongs to the district of Ortenau. More than 70% of the town area are forest.

History

Sasbachwalden was first mentioned in 1347 as a group of individual farms and houses. Only in 1817 Sasbachwalden became an independent community. Since 1973 the town belongs to district of Ortenau.

Education

The town has a centrally located kindergarten and elementary school. Institutions for higher education are in the nearby towns Achern and Sasbach.

Economy

Main sources of income are tourism, winegrowing, the production of Black Forest kirsch and most importantly wood processing.

Towns and municipalities in Ortenau (district)

Achern Appenweier Bad Peterstal-Griesbach Berghaupten Biberach Durbach Ettenheim Fischerbach Friesenheim Gengenbach Gutach Haslach Hausach Hofstetten Hohberg Hornberg Kappel-Grafenhausen Kappelrodeck Kehl Kippenheim Lahr Lauf Lautenbach Mahlberg Meißenheim Mühlenbach Neuried Nordrach Oberharmersbach Oberkirch Oberwolfach Offenburg Ohlsbach Oppenau Ortenberg Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald Renchen Rheinau Ringsheim Rust Sasbach Sasbachwalden Schuttertal Schutterwald Schwanau Seebach Seelbach Steinach Willstätt Wolfach Zell am Harmersbach

References

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

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