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Wolfach
	Wolfach
	; Wolfach
Coordinates	48°18′0″N 8°13′0″E / 48.3°N 8.216667°E
	Administration
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Offenburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Mayor	Gottfried Moser
	Basic statistics
Area	67.99 km2 (26.25 sq mi)
Elevation	263 m (863 ft)
Population	5,981 (31 December 2004)
- Density	88 /km2 (228 /sq mi)
	Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OG
Postal code	77709
Area code	07834
Website	wolfach.de

For the river of the same name, see: Wolfach River.

Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).

[edit] Geography

[edit] Geographical position

Wolfach lies where the 2 rivers Wolfach and Kinzig meet in the Kinzig valley. The mixture of valleys and mountains is characteristic for the city, which stretches between 250 and 880 m above sea level.

[edit] History

The exact foundation year of Wolfach is not known. The history of the city Wolfach can be shown until the year 1148. Some finds even point to the Roman times.

On April 21, 1945, before fleeing the city, the Gestapo took the French resistants and political prisonners held in the prison of Wolfach to a forest outside of the city, forced them to dig their graves, and shot them on the spot, only three hours before the arrival of the French 2nd Armored Division commanded by General Leclerc.^[1]

[edit] Tourism

Wolfach hotels and bed & breakfast places count each year 128.000 nights (year 2000).

[edit] district council

In the previous years the city council consisted of:

Party	1994	1999	2004
CDU	8 seats	10 seats	8 seats
SPD	5 seats	3 seats	3 seats
FW	6 seats	8 seats	7 seats

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the city of Wolfach shows a golden wolf's rod on blue ground and is based on the Wolfsangel of the "Herren von Wolfach".

[edit] Town twinning

[edit] Culture and Sights

[edit] Swabian-Alemannic carnival

Wolfach is said to be one of the cities rich in tradition of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival.

[edit] Buildings

Fürstenberg castle
fortress ruin Alt-Wolfach
town hall
St. Bartholomäus

[edit] Parks

Kurgarten
Flößerpark
Kinziganlagen

[edit] Regular Events

Swabian-alemannic carnival
City fountain festival
Biker-Weekend
Long table
Flößerfest'
Open-Air Rockfest Moosenmättle
butchers festival
Wolfach autumn

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

^ (French) CRDP d'Alsace. "La Deuxième Guerre mondiale en Alsace". http://www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/alsaguerre/alsaGuerre.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

[edit] Book references

This article incorporates information from the revision as of October 2007 of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

Disch Franz: Chronik der Stadt Wolfach. Wolfach, Karlsruhe 1920.
Harter Hans: Adel und Burgen im oberen Kinziggebiet. Studien zur Besiedelung und hochmittelalterlichen Herrschaftsbildung im mittleren Schwarzwald. München 1992.
Krausbeck Josef, Knauss Frieder: Masken unserer Stadt. Stuttgart 1974.
Stadt Wolfach (Hrsg.): Schwarzwaldstadt mit Tradition. Wolfach, Kirnbach, Kinzigtal. Freiburg 1988.

[edit] External links

[edit] Administration and authorities

[edit] Associations

[edit] places of interest, sights

[0] (French) CRDP d'Alsace. "La Deuxième Guerre mondiale en Alsace". http://www.crdp-strasbourg.fr/alsaguerre/alsaGuerre.pdf. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

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